Sentences with phrase «sports flick about»
I have to admit Americans sure know how to make a good sporting flick about their beloved national games, although Baseball doesn't fare as well as Football.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Not exact matches
Shawn Levy, who directed such lucrative disasters as the Steve Martin remakes of The Pink Panther and Cheaper by the Dozen, has been brought in by Steven Spielberg to make this conflation of The Champ (the 1931 tearjerker about a drunken boxer redeemed by his long - estranged son, Jackie Cooper) and Rollerball, the futuristic action flick built around a violent popular sport.
Resurrecting the Champ (PG - 13 for violence and brief profanity) Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett co-star in this buddy flick about a struggling sports reporter who befriends a homeless boxing legend and in the process learns an important lesson about life which inspires him to reexamine his relationship with his young son (Dakota Goyo).
The picture is akin to non-alcoholic beer and decaffeinated coffee — a thrill-less thriller, slash-less slasher flick, and nudity-less German exploitation film (that at least keeps its water sports), the worst thing about The Pool is the amazing breadth of its banality.