Samuel L. Jackson never disappoints

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2005)

Let me repeat that: Samuel L. Jackson never disappoints. That is exactly the kind of performance I expect. Of course, being directed by the individual you're portraying helps tremendously. No director/actor pair could work better. I typically don't like sports movies because they are too predictable: the team always wins!! How predictable!! On this movie, however, the team actually loses! Imagine my surprise! But by that point I realized that that was not the point of the movie. It's now how you play the game, it's how hard you tried, what lessons your learned. It's just like boot camp getting ready to go to war. Except there are no lethal weapons involved. Just a ball!