An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, become a national media sensation, and gain a new lease on life.
Susan Seidelman
Director
Brooke Shields
Beth Humphrey
Daryl Hannah
Ginger Peabody
Wanda Sykes
Florine Clarkston
Andrea Frankle
Kayla Rash
Eric Roberts
Lawrence Humphrey
Jessica Rothe
Millie Rash
Charlotte Graham
Jocelyn Humphrey
Carl Palmer
Coach Slaughter
Michal Anna Marble
Team Manager
Morrey McElroy
Nurse Morrey
Maria Mason
Workshop Instructor
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
A young girl who is determined to sail the ocean within 210 days at sea brings an adventurous story for viewers.
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Typically in film, characters suffering from mental illness are used as plot devices or exaggerated for comedy. 'The House that Jack Built's representation exceeds in accuracy and realism of OCD.
If you haven’t watched Good Trouble yet, you need to. This Foster’s spinoff, aptly named for civil rights champion and Congressman, John Lewis, follows Mariana and Callie Adams Foster as they begin a new chapter of young adulthood and navigate life, careers, social justice, and love.