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The Winning Season
Why this pick
Like The Longshots, it turns a struggling youth team into a warm underdog story, with an imperfect adult mentor learning to show up for players who have been underestimated.
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MOVIE2008 1h 34m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Minden, Illinois, is a former factory town with no money and a pathetic football team. Curtis Plummer, a down-and-out former football player is going nowhere, until he meets his niece Jasmine, the daughter of his no-good brother. Jasmine has worn her father's watch ever since he left five years ago, in the hopes that he will return. Her mother Claire asks Curtis to take care of Jasmine after school, because Claire has to work at the town diner. Curtis realizes Jasmine has a talent for throwing a football, which he nurtures into a passion for the game. He then persuades her to try out for the town's Pop Warner football team, the Minden Browns, because he thinks it would be good for her and the team. The team, including the coach, are against it, but her abilities gain her a spot on the team. However, the coach keeps her on the bench. In the fourth game, after much prodding from Curtis, the coach puts Jasmine in the game, and although they lose, everyone said they could have won if she had played from the beginning. Jasmine becomes the starting quarterback and the Minden Browns become a winning team.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ice Cube
Curtis Plummer
Keke Palmer
Jasmine
Jill Marie Jones
Ronnie
Matt Craven
Coach Fisher
Garrett Morris
Reverend Pratt
Miles Chandler
Damon
Chloe Bridges
Tammy
Debby Ryan
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