Love Coach

Original title: Playing for Keeps

2012
PG-13
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

32K

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Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jessica Biel, and Gerard Butler in Love Coach (2012)

A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.

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A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the at... Read allA former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn.A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's football team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive football moms who pursue him at every turn.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

32K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Videos13

Playing For Keeps: Let's Get These Wankers

Clip 1:06

Playing For Keeps: New Coach

Clip 0:52

Playing For Keeps: I Bet Coach Can Do It

Photos46

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Storyline

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Trivia
The story that George tells at the party about meeting the queen in the locker room, is the real story about Spanish soccer player Carles Puyol. He met the queen of Spain when he came out of the shower after winning the world championship semi-finals.

Goofs
When Stacie (Jessica Biel) is carrying in her groceries the baguette in the bag disappears, then reappears in the next shot.

Quotes
Carl: There's no warm-up shots in life, George.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.49 (2012)

Soundtracks
Funnel of Love
Written by Charlie McCoy and Kent Westberry
Performed by Terraplane Sun
Courtesy of Experience Music Group

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Featured review

5/10

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I came, I sat, I watched and... well that's about it. I don't have anything bad to say about the movie, but I don't really have anything good to say about it either. Playing for keeps was a pleasant enough love story, but there really wasn't much there to hold my attention. Maybe if I was a HUGE soccer fan... but probably not.

The story was about a man, George (Gerard Butler), who screwed up his marriage and is trying to win back both his wife and son. Butler and Biel (who plays the ex-wife Stacie) both put in a good performance but I didn't feel any chemistry between them. The only character I felt any connection with was the kid, Lewis (Noah Lomax).

Throughout the movie we kept hearing about how exciting and fun George was, but I failed to see it. Dennis Quaid does put in a fantastic performance as the reprehensible Carl.