Game of Life
R
5
2007
1 hr 40 min
Drama
In Game of LIfe, a children's soccer team is the common link for a multi-layered story giving a candid look into the intersecting lives of five families living in Los Angeles. Game of LIfe examines the complexities of racial and class divisions, and reveals that despite the fragile volatility of human relationships, family is what holds us together and unites us all.
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- Cast：
- Tom Sizemore , Tom Arnold , Heather Locklear , Jill Hennessy , Richard T. Jones , Beverly D'Angelo , Dylan Minnette
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
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A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
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