Playing for Keeps (2012 film)

Kiss the Coach (Original Title: Playing for Keeps ) is an American film director Gabriele Muccino comedy from 2012 Starring Gerard Butler is seen..

Action

The Scottish ex- football star George Dryer is in crisis after he had involuntarily hang up his career because of an injury to the nail. His wife Stacie divorced from him and wants to marry again, with his son, he spends little time and his landlord and his bank harass him because of his financial problems.

But when he gives and observed that the actual Coach Jacob more phone calls than to take care of the children, and incompetent advice given his son at soccer practice, George takes over spontaneous training. The kids love it and the parents harry now to take office as a coach him. His son Lewis sake he trains now on the football team.

During training, George then learns the mothers of the players know who are interested in the attractive Scots. For example, breaking the single Barb with her intent not to take any more men, and the former sports presenter Denise wants to help George to find work as a television expert. With Carl, the man of Pattie and father of a player on the team, a friendship develops. Also, now succeeds George by his new role, to improve the relationship with his son.

With Barb and Denise George begins an affair, but actually he wants to win back his wife Stacie. While Stacie already is in the midst of wedding preparations, Denise helps him to a job offer in Connecticut. However, George realizes that he want to live without his family there not, so he is now trying to regain Stacie. Although Stacie will not only still recognizes that she loves George still, and blows off the wedding. Even George does not take the job, and you prefer his friend Chip a program at local stations. George and Stacie thus get back together. The film ends with the three play football together in the front yard.

Background

Kiss the coach played at the box office of the USA only 13 million U.S. dollars.

The story of how she tells George to Carl's party from meeting with the Queen when he came out of the shower, refers to a similar experience, that the Spanish footballer Carles Puyol befell.

Criticism

" The mix of comedy and father-son ( ex-) wife melodrama will not completely given up; the humor is largely due to the perk active supporting cast of Uma Thurman to Dennis Quaid. "

" Jessica Biel and Gerard Butler to make an effort, but you can tell them that they can do with the tired dialogues in many standard scenes as little as we do. The Italian director Gabriele Muccino ( " The Last Kiss " ) has reached the preliminary low point of his time in Hollywood. "

Awards

Jessica Biel was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress in 2013 for the Golden Raspberry.

2012 in film Screenplay Kevin Misher Jonathan Mostow Film score Andrea Guerra (composer) Peter Menzies Jr. Catherine Zeta-Jones Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
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