The Game Plan (2007)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Andy Fickman

Writers (WGA):

Nichole Millard (screenplay) &
Kathryn Price (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

Joe Kingman had the perfect game plan to win the championship... but first, he has to tackle one little problem.

Plot:

An NFL quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle discovers that he has a 8-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. |

Plot Keywords:

Boston Massachusetts | American Football | Interracial Relationship | Elvis Presley | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Dwayne Johnson	...	Joe Kingman (as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)
Madison Pettis	...	Peyton Kelly
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Stella Peck
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Monique Vasquez
Morris Chestnut	...	Travis Sanders
Hayes MacArthur	...	Kyle Cooper
Brian J. White	...	Jamal Webber (as Brian White)
Jamal Duff	...	Clarence Monroe
Paige Turco	...	Karen Kelly
Tubbs	...	Spike
Gordon Clapp	...	Coach Mark Maddox
Kate Nauta	...	Tatianna
Robert Torti	...	Samuel Blake, Jr.
Jackie Flynn	...	Larry the Doorman
Lauren Storm	...	Nanny Cindy

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | South Africa:A | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | USA:PG (certificate #43628) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Malaysia:U | UK:U | Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:All | Ireland:G | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:AL | Taiwan:GP | Sweden:Btl | New Zealand:G | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Auburn, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has said that this film will be the last film in which he will be credited as "The Rock".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Peyton gives Joe the cookie in the car, the bites he takes out of it keep changing between shots.

Quotes:

Monique Vasquez: [to Joe] Ballerinas can jump just as high as you but when they come down they come down in plies, and then they stand pointe, and they stand like that for hours. If ballet was easy, it would be called football.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)

Soundtrack:

Pumping Up the Party

A great family film

OK, I know that The Game Plan was very cheesy and extremely predictable, but who cares? What were people expecting? It's Disney, it's supposed to be this kind of a film. I saw The Game Plan with my friend yesterday and we both liked it, we got a few laughs from it and it was over all a well made movie. We were both very impressed with the little actress, Madison Pettis, who played The Rock's daughter, she was incredibly believable and didn't over do her role or was too cute that it made you sick. The script may not be Oscar material, but it was perfect for a family film and the story while it may not be the most original, still had it's funny and touching moments.

Joe is a quarterback on Boston's football team and they are about to go to the championships. His personal life is usual the same each night, party all night with his buds and party all night with the good looking women. But all that changes when there's a stranger at the door, a little girl who claims to be his daughter, her name is Peyton and that she's his daughter from a short marriage he had. With his expensive home and party life style, Joe may need to make some changes to his life, as hard as that may be. But he ends up gaining something more in the end, a loving daughter to call him "daddy".

Like I said, this is a Disney film, don't expect Oscar worthy material, it's just a fun little family flick. No one will ever get sick of the "big guy with muscles" trying to relate to the little one's, just look at Kindergarten Cop or The Pacifier, both films were good and have a lot of fans. Besides if someone can tell me the honest truth that they were not laughing at The Rock's allergic reaction to cinnamon and started speaking like Daffy Duck, they really must not have a funny bone in their body. The Game Plan is the perfect family film for the season, it's a cute film.

7/10