Directed by:
Bobby FarrellyCinematography:
C. Kim MilesComposer:
Michael FrantiCast:
Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin, Matt Cook, Jacob Blair, Alicia Johnston, Stephanie Sy, Madison Tevlin, Joshua Felder (more)VOD (2)
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A heartwarming story of a former minor-league basketball coach who, after a series of missteps, is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined. (Focus Features)
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It was a verbatim copy of the Spanish original, which in many ways was several times better. For those who have seen it, this version is far below it. The humour is weaker, the "retards" are not as funny, distinctive and iconic in character and it's all too "American". And the fact that the script copies the original version word for word and scene for scene doesn't add much to it either. Pointless.
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Woody Harrelson is great, Kaitlin Olson is edgy and there is one joke and an apt one-liner that (of course) I had never heard in any American film before. The rest of Champions is made up only of the most hackneyed clichés of feel-good sports movies delivered in an average screenplay. But could I have expected anything more from Farrelly?
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