Her Best Move (2007)

Director:

Norm Hunter

Writers:

Norm Hunter
Tony Vidal

Release Date:

7 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Kick your life in a new direction.

Plot:

15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pressure while deciding her own priorities.

Plot Keywords:

Soccer | Electric Toothbrush | Letter | Teenage Girl | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Daryl Sabara	...	Doogie
Leah Pipes	...	Sara
Lisa Darr	...	Julia
Jhoanna Flores	...	Regina
Fay Masterson	...	Lori
Scott Patterson	...	Gil
Janine de Boisblanc	...	Kate (as Janine Deboisblanc)
Lalaine	...	Tutti
Denise Dowse	...	Lisa
Devon Graye	...	Boy #1
Shea Parker	...	Boy #2
Louis Martin Braga III	...	Boy #3
Drew Letchworth	...	Mr. Arthur
Antonio Ruiz Jr.	...	Student
Paige Mead	...	Jessica
Drew Tyler Bell	...	Josh
Jon Carlo Alvarez	...	Terry
Debra Orenstein	...	Harried Mother
Anna Olson	...	Ice Cream Kid
Geoffrey Olson	...	Ice Cream Kid
Todd Aaron Brotze	...	Neil (as Todd Brotze)
Brandi Chastain	...	Herself
Julio Oscar Mechoso	...	Umberto
Lee Fruman	...	Rockers Coach
Timothy Roman Rodriquez	...	State Cup Ref
Jessica Skelton	...	Cheerleader
Fontana Butterfield	...	Finicky Customer
Julian Vaca	...	Young Henry
Stephen Steelman	...	Blondie
Christopher Meehan	...	PCA Leader
David Rosenthal	...	Game Announcer
Joe Sheehan	...	Crushers Coach
Annalise Amos	...	Babe
Elise Minvielle	...	Abigail
Kelly Swietzer	...	Wendy (as Kelly Sweitzer)
Jennifer Smith	...	Steph
Evan Sabara	...	Kid
Sam Gibbs	...	PA Announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andy Arness	...	Soccer Referee (uncredited)
Aaron Edell	...	Boy Buying Ice Cream (uncredited)
Katrina-Jovan Howard	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Robert Dean Jacobs	...	Referee (uncredited)
Kevin Jaskela	...	Chemistry Student (uncredited)
Chris Kerner	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Branden Weslee Kong	...	Boyfriend #1 (uncredited)
David Alan Poe	...	Cold Stone Daddy (uncredited)
Danny Ray	...	Man on sidelines (uncredited)

Directed by
Norm Hunter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Norm Hunter
Tony Vidal

Produced by
Timothy Bird	....	consulting producer
Janine de Boisblanc	....	associate producer
Norm Hunter	....	producer
Gerald T. Olson	....	co-producer
Win Seipp	....	co-producer
Craig Weisz	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Didier Rachou

Cinematography by
Paul Ryan

Film Editing by
Mitchel Stanley

Casting by
Ruth Lambert
Robert McGee

Production Design by
Dwane Platt

Set Decoration by
Phyllis Bowie

Costume Design by
Molly Hunter

Makeup Department
Evelyn Briley	....	assistant makeup artist
Keath Briley	....	assistant makeup artist
Peggy Day	....	assistant makeup artist
Leslie Olguin Estrada	....	additional makeup artist
Stacey Miller	....	hair stylist
Patricia Molino	....	key makeup artist
Amita Moticka	....	key hair stylist
Shylene Weber	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Denise Skinner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Halley	....	second second assistant director
Keith Jones	....	second assistant director
Otto Michael Penzato	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michele Maria Kitagawa	....	art department coordinator
Cindy Mah	....	assistant property master
Peter Mayer	....	property master
Ray Morrone	....	swing
Nalini Narayan	....	art department production assistant
Jorge Salgado	....	swing
Jonah Sharp	....	swing
Virgil Shaw	....	swing
Bethany Woolman	....	art department production assistant

Sound Department
Stephen Balliet	....	sound mixer
Eleanor Beaton	....	supervising assistant editor
Christopher Boyes	....	sound consultant
Jerry Brown	....	boom operator
Miik Dinko	....	adr mixer
Erik Foreman	....	sound effects editor
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Paul Kalbach	....	boom operator
Scott Kinzey	....	additional sound mixer
Bruce Lacey	....	supervising sound editor
James Macleod	....	boom operator
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Thomas Pinney	....	additional sound mixer
Brandon Proctor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Neil Riha	....	boom operator
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound recordist
James Willetts	....	foley recordist
Marshall Winn	....	dialogue editor

Stunts
Kevin Bailey	....	additional stunt coordinator
Rocky Capella	....	stunt coordinator
Thomas M. Ficke	....	additional stunt coordinator
Mike Martinez	....	stunts
Gloria O'Brien	....	stunts
Monika Sloan	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Cyrus Amini	....	additional gaffer
Michael Anderson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Michael Anthony	....	electrician
Nick Anthony	....	best boy electric
Eric Blum	....	gaffer
Ben Booker	....	grip
Brien Burroughs	....	rigging grip
Gerardo Cabrera	....	grip
Tony Campodonico	....	still photographer
MacNeil Chapman	....	rigging gaffer
Ian Chriss	....	grip
Ryan W. Cook	....	grip
Greg Davies	....	electrician
Kodiak Drewry	....	grip
Patrick Durkin	....	grip
Mike Elwell	....	Steadicam operator
Jeph Folkins	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Judith George	....	still photographer
Jason Gilbertson	....	grip
Gary Gill	....	key grip
David Jerrett	....	gaffer
P.J. Koll	....	grip
Anne Lee	....	second assistant camera
Darrell M. Lee	....	grip
Zachary Love	....	rigging grip
Gerardo Merino	....	best boy grip
Robert Mohr	....	still photographer
A. Leo Nash	....	rigging gaffer
Robert Powers	....	rigging grip
Patrick Riley	....	first assistant camera
Morgan Schmidt	....	electrician
Donavan Sell	....	best boy grip
Matt Somerville	....	camera production assistant
John South	....	camera loader
Roderick Spencer	....	additional gaffer
Barry Stone	....	additional photographer
Todd Stoneman	....	grip
Carl Tebbenhoff	....	electrician
David Wendlinger	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera

Animation Department
Robert Vega	....	animator: title animation

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Esther Feinman	....	wardrobe assistant
Laura Ferguson	....	set costumer
Andrea Gray	....	wardrobe assistant
Jessica Hansen	....	additional costume designer
Rio Alexander Hendrix	....	set costumer
Abby Minot	....	wardrobe supervisor
Ellen Kittie Richardson	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Kimberly James	....	assistant editor
Robin Lee	....	assistant editor
Anton Linecker	....	on-line editor
Lisa Thompson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Steve Bissinger	....	additional music editor
Elliot Lurie	....	music supervisor
Jack Rayner	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Tennie E. Barnes	....	driver
David Joseph	....	driver
Burt Melcher	....	driver
David Shafer	....	transportation coordinator
Allen Strockbine	....	driver
Ann Valentine	....	driver
Val Wynn	....	driver

Other crew
Valerie Acuna	....	production assistant
Valerie Allen	....	stand-in
Miguel Amodio	....	production assistant
Lisa S. Beasley	....	production coordinator
Brad Beedle	....	medic
Janis Bergmann	....	stand-in
Jason Boyce	....	production assistant
Kevin Boyd	....	technical advisor: soccer
Angelina V. Breen	....	production assistant
Valary Bremier	....	production assistant
Kris Butler	....	craft service
Robert C. Campion	....	post-production accountant
Amy Kathleen Chambers-Schelhorse	....	extras coordinator
James Chandler	....	craft service
Brandi Chastain	....	technical advisor: soccer
David Chaston	....	location manager
Michael Chavez	....	production assistant
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance
Michael Coons	....	stand-in
Kevin Denny	....	medical consultant
Stone Dow	....	production assistant
Aaron Edell	....	key office production assistant
Joel Goldes	....	dialect coach
Emily L.G. Goodwin	....	production assistant
David Hakim	....	unit publicist
Zachary Haydon	....	production assistant
Abigail Hunter	....	production assistant
Shauna Shapiro Jackson	....	sales agent
Kimberly James	....	assistant production coordinator
Kelly Kelley	....	script supervisor
Christine Klyce	....	additional script supervisor
Michael Leperi	....	script supervisor
Patrick Long	....	production assistant
Tony McNitt	....	production assistant
Bryan Meyers	....	first assistant accountant
Quinn Moticka	....	production assistant
Timothy C. O'Neill	....	production assistant
Alec Olson	....	production assistant
Theo Olson	....	production assistant
Benjamin R. Reder	....	production legal counsel
Sandy Reed	....	craft service
Victoria Romley	....	assistant extras coordinator
Kathleen Schelhorse	....	studio teacher
Vincent Sebastiano	....	caterer
Shari Sontag	....	key production accountant
April Souza	....	production assistant
Michele Spitzer	....	production assistant
Teresa Spitzer	....	production assistant
Amanda Steigerwald	....	key set production assistant
Nan Wakefield	....	production assistant
Sara Watts	....	assistant extras coordinator
Kimberly Yokers	....	soccer coordinator
Nina Zavarin	....	stand-in

Thanks
Tanya DiFrancesco	....	special thanks
Donald Ott	....	special thanks
Fred Sutton	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Summertime Films
• Her Best Move LLC

Distributors

• D Productions (2007) (Turkey) (TV)
• Disney Channel (2007) (UK) (TV)
• Disney Channel (2007) (Singapore) (all media)
• Disney Channel (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Disney Channel, The (2007) (Australia) (all media)
• Eagle Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (video)
• Free Dolphin Entertainment (2007) (France) (TV)
• HBO Hungary (2007) (Hungary) (TV)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Mediaset (2007) (Italy) (TV)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (all media) (North America)
• Nordisk Film (2007) (Norway) (TV) (Scandinavia)
• Nu Metro Productions (2007) (South Africa) (TV)
• Prime Pictures (2007) (Iran) (TV)
• ProSieben Television (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (TV)
• Rede Globo de Televisão (2007) (Brazil) (TV)
• Summertime Films
• Television Markíza (2007) (Slovakia) (TV)
• Televisión Azteca (TV Azteca) (2007) (Mexico) (TV)

Other Companies

• C & F Motion Picture Security  security
• Canyon Rentals  special thanks
• Deborah Ross Film Design  titles
• Five Starr Productions  post-production facilities
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Juniper Post  post-production facilities
• La Bonne Cuisine (I) (II)  catering
• Monaco Digital  film and video dailies
• Oppenheimer Cine Rental  camera equipment provided by
• Outpost Film Studios  post-production facilities
• Reder & Feig  production legal services
• Sebastiano's Delicatessen  catering
• Skywalker Sound  sound post-production
• Technicolor  post-production
• Tracey Ryan and Partners  graphic design

Also Known As:

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:G | Singapore:PG | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Albany, California, USA

Company:

Summertime Films

Trivia:

Won 1st place for Best Family Feature at the 2007 Illinois International Film Festival.

Quotes:

[to Sara]
Tutti:Don't look now, but tamale boys are drooling with regret.

Soundtrack:

What If

Good enough

15-year-old Sara Davis has a chance to make the national soccer team, something even Mia Hamm didn't do at that age. She already plays on a U-19 team (and focuses on making herself look good rather than on the team), as well as working out with a team coached by her father Gil.

The U-19 team is on its way to the California state championship; coach Laurie was a player on one of Gil's college teams. Gil pushes Sara hard and insists she make soccer her no. 1 priority, even though Sara isn't all that enthusiastic and could have other interests. and one drawback to making the national team--they practice in Florida, 3000 miles from home.

Sara has no social life outside of soccer, though she does have a quirky best friend Tutti who has weird taste in clothes. The boys don't think she is pretty, but she is. She just doesn't try hard to show it. There is one boy Josh who is an old-school photographer for the school paper and yearbook--he develops photographs in a dark room. He has been spending a lot of time taking Sara's picture, and there is a dance coming up. Speaking of dancing, Sara's dance teacher thinks Sara should audition for a school production. But how will Sara find the time? In addition to everything else she works at an ice cream place with the annoying Doogie.

But somehow Sara tries to make it all work. Meanwhile, her father never seems to be at home anymore. It is her mother Julia who is actually taking care of her, and Julia feels Sara shouldn't push so hard if soccer isn't what she wants. Gil disagrees since one doesn't get to the Olympics without a total commitment.

There is nothing that special here. It's an enjoyable movie and Sara is easy to like. The romantic stuff is pleasant most of the time, but like a WB/CW teen drama this movie has its depressing moments with equally depressing music. And along with the comedy, there is some drama resulting from jealousy and rumors.

On the subject of music, for someone like me there is bland synthesized background music, but most of the so-called music is designed for the young people, and often quite loud. One positive is the fact so much of the music seems to be from when I was in high school, though it is still loud.

I know Scott Patterson mainly as the likable curmudgeon from "Gilmore Girls". Here, there's not much to like about him at first. He is driven and lacks personality. But that changes later.

One relationship I would like to have seen more of is that of Regina and her father. Regina also has the potential to go far as a soccer player, if Sara will stop trying to be the star. Regina's Papá cares more about her brothers than her, and she wishes he would pay more attention to her. But he is a loving father and I can see this from only a few lines.

Lalaine and Daryl Sabara stand out from the rest of the cast, but for different reasons. Tutti is merely quirky but likable, while Doogie is just plain annoying, but enjoyable to watch at the same time.

This is a family film with nothing offensive. It's nothing groundbreaking but still a pleasant experience.