Based on the true story of 11-year-old Jasmine Plummer, the first female quarterback to play in the Pop Warner Superbowl, former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst's directorial debut includes just about every cliche in the local-sports-team-makes-good playbook. But Durst keeps the story rooted in the desperation of a dying town, and that gives this formulaic family fare a slight edge.
Like the former factory town of Minden, Ill., itself, Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) has seen far better days. Once a promising young local football hero, Curtis hoped to one day leave Minden for Miami, but after his dreams were sidelined by a serious knee injury, Curtis took a job a...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG
Length:
94 mins