the game plan

[KLAXXON]

In this hilarious and heartwarming family comedy, one of the toughest players ever takes on his biggest challenge yet - fatherhood!

A superstar with an ego bigger than a football field, Joe Kingman (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is getting ready for a run at the big championship game when the 8-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up at his not-so-family-friendly bachelor pad. As the big game gets closer, he begins to realize the most meaningful win he can achieve is the heart of one little fan who counts the most.




Despite its almost painfully silly predictability, this film somehow manages to be engaging and rather enjoyable, thanks mainly to The Rock's on-screen charisma.
Joe Kingman (The Rock) is a top American football pro, completely obsessed with himself and his star power. His buddies on his Boston team (Chestnut, MacArthur and White) put up with his diva attitudes; the girls like his charm, bank balance and rippling muscles. Then one day 8-year-old Peyton (Pettis) lands on his doorstep: the daughter he never knew he had. As he quickly shows his lack of fatherhood experience, his zealous agent (Sedgwick) starts spinning the story. The next thing he knows, he's taking Peyton to ballet lessons and learning Important Life Lessons himself.

There's not much about this film that deserves to work. The plot is pure formula, and we never have a moment of doubt how it's going to turn out--either in the father-daughter story, the underdeveloped romance with the ballet teacher (Sanchez) or the football championship itself. Each character fits into his or her tidy little box--sassy child, desperate agent, smouldering dancer, spiky girlfriend (Nauta), and fellow teammates who are the family man, buffoon or playboy, as required.

Even The Rock's character is a bundle of cliches, from his high-tech penthouse mansion to his relentlessly over-the-top self-worship. The difference is that The Rock hugely watchable on screen; we like him even if his acting isn't terribly subtle. His beefy physicality feels like a costume worn by a nice guy who's not afraid to look profoundly silly on screen, and that goes a long way to making his character--and the whole film--so winning.

This is true even when he's being upstaged by the cute little girl and his character's even more adorable English bulldog. And also as all of the plotlines start converging into the overwrought conclusion, with the requisite swell of annoyingly syrupy sentiment and fairly shameless overacting by the entire cast. For some reason, it actually keeps our attention right to the goofy end, and is even a little bit thrilling and emotional. Although we would never admit that.










Dwayne Johnson ...  Joe Kingman (as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson)
Madison Pettis ...  Peyton Kelly
Kyra Sedgwick ...  Stella Peck
Roselyn Sanchez ...  Monique Vasquez
Morris Chestnut ...  Travis Sanders
Hayes MacArthur ...  Kyle Cooper
Brian J. White ...  Jamal Webber (as Brian White)
Jamal Duff ...  Clarence Monroe
Paige Turco ...  Karen Kelly
Tubbs ...  Spike
Gordon Clapp ...  Coach Mark Maddox
Kate Nauta ...  Tatianna
Robert Torti ...  Samuel Blake, Jr.
Jackie Flynn ...  Larry the Doorman
Lauren Storm ...  Nanny Cindy






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