Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The Game Plan (2007)


I am pretty much out of touch with much of pop culture. In some ways that is good. I did not know who Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was until I watched this movie. Apparently “The Rock” is/was a big “pro” wrestling star. I never was a wrestling fan except when I was a kid watching the likes of Bobo Brazil. Well anyway, ‘Rock’ plays Joe Kingman, NFL football star.

Joe Kingman is an aging football star who plays for the Boston Rebels. He is living a life of luxury as a bachelor who finds out that he is that father of an 8-year-year-old daughter from his past marriage. He is on the verge of going into the football playoffs when his daughter shows up at his door. He never even knew he had a daughter.

The movie is a wholesome, family, sports, and all around entertaining picture. It is a highly rated family flick.

There innocence of the little girl meets the worldliness and self-centeredness of a pompous and pampered athlete. Joe Kingman begins to learn what is involved in being a father. The little girl experiences what it is like to have a father. There’s the ballet school, fixing dinner, and the Super Bowl.

The movie really puts life priorities in proper perspective.

RATING


I rate the movie a ****1/2 out of *****. Rent or buy the movie, you won’t be disappointed. It shows the trials and tribulations and rewards of fatherhood.

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