So what?

Rating: 2/10 (25 May 2008)

The main problem with this movie is the "so what?" factor.
What is special about these people, or the events, or that time that it needs to be made into a movie? The movie does not answer these questions in any way.
It's some people playing some sport. There's some family issues (ill mother, abusive father) but these are common to many movies and do not make a movie.
Any sense of interesting insight into the people's lives is lost due to the mundane plot content and the slo-mo, shaky cam style that is infecting Hollywood; it doesn't make things feel real, on the contrary it makes them feel over-directed.
Only the last few minutes of the movie work on any level, driving home the point that our great moments in life are fleeting. However this message is bashed home with all the subtlety of a hammer to the head, so even that is wasted.