Watchable comedy that manages to overcome its formulaic plot and cliche-laden script, largely thanks to Johnson being such a likeable comic actor.
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03/06/08
The Game Plan (2007)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:26
Rotten:69
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Despite The Rock's abundant charisma, The Game Plan is just another run-of-the-mill Disney comedy.
Theatrical Release:07-03-2008
Synopsis: A film that marks Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first leading role in a family-friendly comedy, THE GAME PLAN finds the former pro wrestler starring as Joe Kingman, a popular NFL quarterback happily... [More]
Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedgwick, Roselyn Sanchez
Director: Andy Fickman
Reviews for The Game Plan
Despite its almost painfully silly predictability, this film somehow manages to be engaging and rather enjoyable, thanks mainly to The Rock's on-screen charisma.
02/21/08
Johnson’s amiable performance makes this watchable for the target audience; namely sporty daddies and spoiled little girls primed to assimilate their lives into the Disney brand.
03/07/08
Top CriticDespite its cheesy story, The Game Plan has one major trump card: The Rock is actually quite good.
03/07/08
Top CriticSomebody give Dwayne Johnson a decent role, please. Sure this is relatively inoffensive, but he's a great screen presence and deserves better.
03/07/08
Top CriticA barf-inducer. A hurl-promoter. A projectile-vomit-stimulator.
03/07/08
Top CriticEven The Rock's immense charisma cannot save this predicatable fare.
03/07/08
Top CriticI was hooked. While the critic (sounds like cynic) nitpicked the movie's predictable storytelling and comic set-ups, the mother in me sniffled with emotion as the Big Bad Quarterback turned into a sloppy puddle of a man.
09/28/07
The Rock once again proves himself the heir to Ahnuld as the action hero with an irresistible self-deprecating sense of humor.
10/12/07
Yes, this is a road we've traveled down before, but at least this time, it's paved with a lot of charm and heart.
09/28/07
Top CriticSomebody should put Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a remake of "The Miracle Worker," because when it comes to a working actor whose personality can override even the dreariest of cinematic drivel, he's right near the top.
10/07/07
Better than the ordeal it often threatens to become.
09/27/07
It's One Man and a Baby.
09/28/07
There are worse ways to spend two hours with your children, and The Game Plan, in trying to please everybody, fairly much succeeds.
09/28/07
The Game Plan is as cute as a pail of kittens and about as orderly, but ... it works as a pretty solid example of how the skillful execution of some of the oldest plays in the book can still get the ball to the end zone.
09/27/07
Despite the fact that we've seen it all before, it works.
09/27/07
Johnson strikes a winning balance of swagger, exasperation and sensitivity as Joe Kingman, superstar quarterback.
09/25/07
Top CriticI’ve been got and I’ve been had. And I admit that with all due shame and humiliation. I’ll never forgive myself for this.
09/26/07
Formulaic, but watchable.
01/23/08
a big screen version of something made for the Disney Channel - only with The Rock instead of Zac Efron
09/28/07
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