The Longshots DVD Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Johnny Pavlik
Movie Rating:
Extras Rating: 5 out of 5

Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) a down-on-his-luck former high school football star — turns his niece, Jasmine (Keke Palmer), into the quarterback of the local team, the Minden Browns, and gets his stride back when he becomes the team coach. With Curtis as their new leader and their pigtail-wearing star player, this team of misfits wins its way to the Pop Warner Super Bowl and the small city of Minden, Illinois, is ignited with team spirit, town pride and the glory it once knew.

What’s makes it even better was knowing there was actually a real Jasmine Plummer. The actors portrayal of the characters were superb. Keke Palmer and Ice Cube were outstanding in this movie. This is the type of movie that the whole family can watch. This movie keeps your interest at all times, never a dull or slow moment. This movie encompasses a wide variety of emotions from happy, sad, frustration, worriation, laughter, action and the thrill of victory.

The story is based on a true story and it was in fact produced by Ice Cube himself. Yes, it is about the first female football quarterback to ever attend a Middle School championship game but honestly this movie is less about the game and more about the journey and the coming of age of this young woman as well as a journey of enlightenment for her uncle.

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