The Game Plan
The Game Plan
PG | 28 September 2007 (USA)
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Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.

Reviews
Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
justin-fencsak This movie is an amazing movie for kids and adults alike. The Rock shines as a wanna be football player who's also a parent of a young kid. There's lot of charm and humor and Disney shines!!!
Jackson Booth-Millard I has seen a few films starring the former wrestler turned movie star, apart from The Mummy Returns and Welcome to the Jungle, most had been terrible, but I gave this one a chance, from director Andy Fickman (She's the Man). Basically NFL football quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) is a star on the pitch, a single bachelor, and a little self centred with love for Elvis Presley, but more for himself. His life is about to change when little eight year old Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) comes knocking on his door, and tells him that she is his daughter from a marriage to Sara (Kathryn Fiore) that ended years ago, and has a birth certificate to prove it. As he tries to get used to the concept of having a long lost daughter, he reveals her to the press and public, but his agent Stella Peck (Kyra Sedgwick) thinks this revelation is going to be a distraction for both his image and game play. After clearing his image, Andy goes along with Peyton to a ballet class run by the gorgeous Monique Vasquez (Rush Hour 2's Roselyn Sanchez), and practising some moves for a stage performance, which he originally refuses, they really bond. After a disagreement and forgiveness, Andy gets to hang out more with Monique and they bond well too, while his team, The Boston Rebels, have made it to the championship game, and if they win he will get a $25 million restaurant endorsement. However, after a successful stage performance, things between Peyton and her father change when she reveals she ran away, she has an allergic reaction to some nuts, and at the hospital Andy's former sister-in-law and Peyton's legal guardian Karen (Paige Turco) shows up to take his daughter back. She tells him Peyton's mother Sara died in a car crash six months ago, and Andy is all alone again, and at the start of the championship game he can only think of his daughter. His mood is changed however when Peyton arrives with Karen to encouragement him, and he bucks himself up, and in the end Andy and the team win the championship, and he refuses an endorsement, sticking with his daughter instead. Also starring Boyz n the Hood's Morris Chestnut as Travis Sanders, Hayes MacArthur as Kyle Cooper, Brian J. White as Jamal Webber, Jamal Duff as Clarence Monroe, Gordon Clapp as Coach Mark Maddox and Tubbs as Spike the dog. Johnson is both funny and admirable as the originally up himself but nicer father figure, Pettris is adorable as the daughter he never knew about before, the film does have the smallest predictable moments, but the light hearted laughs and sentiment does work, a likable family sports comedy. Worth watching!
sinisterdrecc88 The Game Plan is a rather silly movie about an arrogant football player who learns he has a daughter. Stupid concept, right? Right. The movie gets dumber and dumber. In the end, the kid gets an allergic reaction to peanuts and almost dies, but doesn't so The Rock gets custody of her and marries her ballet teacher. This movie was just very stupid, and set towards girls age 5 and up. You can tell that The Rock was put in the movie so families weren't totally turned off by it, which was sneaky and didn't work. I just do not like this movie, and don't think it deserves a lot of critical praise.3/10
mattkratz This movie was definitely not Oscar material, but is well worth a little bit of your time. The movie stars a perfectly-cast Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a quarterback with a huge ego and a quest for a championship who suddenly has to mature when the daughter he never knew he had suddenly shows up on his doorstep. They both give each other crash courses on their lives and tell each other at crucial times never to give up. True, the movie contains a formula you've probably seen thousands of times in the movies, but it is a good formula. You can probably guess that The Rock's character suddenly realizes he has to be a good parent and a team player-at just the right moments, usually the hard way. I love the scenes where he accidentally leaves her in a night club or the hospital scene where he learns the truth. If you are a fan of formulaic comedies, this movie is for you. I recommend it.** 1/2 out of **** (the same that Leonard Maltin gave it)