Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Absolutely brilliant

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I was blown away... by the shallowness of this movie. It reminded me of how sometimes good actors just have to act in poorly scripted movies, adopting underdeveloped characters just to make ends meet. If you are looking to waste two solid hours of your life on an utterly uninspiring movie, then you'd find out as my wife and I did that this is the perfect show. In short, this is a 'sex and the city' remake, but the muscles version and with lovable kids thrown for good measure, all happening in a familiar, homely neighborhood setting that's bound to make you yawn.

A man once "on the top of his game" is now at the bottom, no home, no money, no son, no honey. He gets himself into becoming a kids' soccer coach and thus an object of pursuit for all the soccer moms - and those are some very hot soccer moms. So, you have the makings of a good comedy.But, it doesn't work. There are a few good jokes and few more OK ones, but, way too little. It's too naïve and predictable. We also don't see what's so special about Jessica Biel or her relationship with our protagonist. Sure, she's his baby-momma, but, hey, that's far from being enough for his relentless pursuit of her, nor her willingness to throw out a good engagement for a potential "second chance".Also, the whole romantic plot, bad as it is, takes over the comedy at some point, about the time that the comedy was picking up steam.About the only reason to watch this movie is if you're in a similar situation as our protagonist and want to see something that is trying to say "everything will turn out OK", without a thing to back up that claim.

An honest movie. Just know what it is about.Basically a divorce story with some weird turns but sensitive and realistic.It has the ingredients that, for those that have been there, make sense.Leaves - and this is what I like in the movies that I like - a good taste at the end. Not sad, not too happy, just pleasant.It is not unrealistic, and plays with feelings we know.Loved the Butler play, call it somehow a funny play. Jessica knows a thing or two about the issue so brings the right ingredients into its play.Not a romantic comedy, just a good movie to perhaps clean off some bitter taster some of us kept from own experiences.

The fact that Playing For Keeps received such poor reviews doesn't surprise me because movie critics are some of the most closed minded individuals on the planet and this movie doesn't fit into one of their predetermined little genres. It is too raunchy to be a family movie, doesn't focus on relationships or drama enough to be a romantic-comedy, doesn't involved enough soccer to be a sports movie, and doesn't have the proper type of humor to be dude movie. What it is, however, is just an all-around decent film. There's nothing great about it but it does everything pretty good. The cast is great, though they are a bit underwhelming and underutilized in the film, and they provide solid performances, albeit a bit cliché. The plot is decent enough to keep you engaged. Is it predictable? Of course it is but so are 99% of movies made nowadays so that's nothing new. All in all, I think most open-minded viewers will enjoy this as a pretty good all-around movie, nothing more, nothing less.