The Longshots (2008)
9/10
2023. A Gen-X Review of a Decade-Plus Old Film That I've Never, Ever Seen Before
3 November 2023
Fred Durst directed this, and I had forgotten about that part. He did a fine job with this and should have been given more opportunities at other feature films in years since.

This is one of the better football movies of this 21st Century, but not that there have been slot of them. It's still good and I enjoyed it.

It was at times difficult to decipher the time period of this film at least at the beginning.

Is this the 1970's or is this just poverty-stricken rural America?

The film still looks great and I dug the vibe of it.

Excellent performances by Cube and Palmer.

Neato cameo by eventual Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Champion Head Coach Doug Pederson as the coach of the opposing Calvary Cavaliers.

This is also one of Ice Cube's best performances and he's had many.

It's based on a true story and has all the things that we love about sports in movies: Risk, challenge, adversity and acceptance.
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