Segunda Chance

A aussie movie that isn't Yahoo Serious' unfunny swill or Mad Max. A young girl has a second chance a pre-olympics tournament to qualify for the National Squad. However she is lacking in the pre-requisite physique. She works with her coaches to help her prepare mentally and physically for this trial.

As an amature who has never practiced gymnastics before the actress who plays Maddy picked up enough skills. The point is that it's a children's movie designed to convey a tail of resilience. Critics of this movie want her to be level 3 gymnastics for an actress who has never done the sport before.

This movie is a low budget flick without many worthwhile qualities. Everything about the movie is mediocre at best: the script, the acting, the directing, the music, and so on. The adult actors all hover at around run-of-the-mill level. The child actors go from not good to terrible. At times the acting is so cringe-worthily bad that even the most patient of us will think to turn it off. The script is really odd with a slowly-paced storytelling punctuated with unconvincing developments and silly training montages. This all comes to a predictable and ridiculously optimistic ending that not only misses the chance for a non-Hollywood story arc but takes the standard formula and makes it even more of a happy ending than usual in a Hollywood movie. I've seen truly awful movies and this isn't that bad but it's down there.

I happened to catch this movie on a Christian TV channel recently. Although there is no overt religious messaging, the movie has a positive, moral story line and is 'clean' (no sex, violence), making it suitable for kids and for adults who are tired of skin, guts, and gore. Some reviewers may consider the movie 'milquetoast', but I considered it a pleasant respite from the worldly messaging too often promoted in TV, music, and movies today. I intend to purchase this as a Christmas gift for my granddaughter who is a gymnast.

A Second Chance is such a classic movie for 2000s kids who were home sick. However, the acting isn't that good and the plot is weird. The rivalry over an accident that lasted more than a decade isn't that realistic. Although, this movie is good for that nostalgic gymnastics feels.

Movie was selected by a patient on an ambulance transport. 100% not my choice.

Writing was choppy and so disconnected I could barely follow the story. No character development, backstories were minimal or non-existent. Cinematography was poor at best. Framing of shots looked more like it was done by people in elementary school.

With as many as they did, this movie should have been named "Montage".

And the use of the blatant "Eye of the Tiger" ripoff was pointless drivel.