# Underdogs (2013 animated film)

Underdogs is a 2013 american animated sports comedy film directed by Juan J. Campanella. The film is loosely based on the short story Memorias de un wing derecho (Memoirs of a Right Winger) by Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa. The produced by Legendary Pictures, first Universal with produced of Legendary's deal.

## Plot

A father who is putting his son to sleep narrates him a story, beginning by telling him to use his imagination while listening.
Many years ago, Amadeo, a timid boy and the best table football player around, was working in a bar in a small and quiet town. He loved Laura, a girl he met in the bar, but she did not know. While showing Laura the table football table, a bully named Grosso arrives and challenges Amadeo to a game in front of Laura. Although Amadeo refuses to play at first, he is victorious, and everyone at the bar applauds. Outside of the bar, Grosso encounters a manager who offers to take him on.
Seven years later, Amadeo's simple routine falls apart when Grosso becomes the best football player in the world, and returns to the small town to avenge the only defeat in his life. Now that he is famous, Grosso announces that he has purchased the whole village (as the town's mayor escapes in a helicopter), and builds a gigantic football stadium, although he is more interested in owning the table football table where he lost to Amadeo and destroying the bar where he was defeated. He also wants to win the affection of Laura.
With football, the bar and even his soul destroyed, Amadeo discovers something magical: in the face of adversity, the town's table football players talk and plan. Together they embark on a journey full of adventures to save Laura. Along the way, they become a real team, and while Grosso turns the town into a giant stadium and forms a soccer team, Amadeo recruits members of his table football team along with those of his own, and also forms a soccer team to challenge Grosso for their town.
At the game, Grosso's team takes the early lead, but the table football players help Amadeo's team to tie the game. However, with seconds to go, Grosso deliberately injures Amadeo, who is unable to stop him from scoring the winning goal. As Grosso gloats and celebrates his victory, the crowd instead praises Amadeo's good sportsmanship, and Grosso is rejected by his fans for his selfishness and his manager abandons him while his teammates also congratulate Amadeo, who reunites with Laura in the end. Amadeo, Laura, and their friends build a new town in honor of them.
The father, Amadeo, finishes his story and leaves his son's bedroom, but he remains awake and hears voices well into the night. Going outside to the shed to investigate, he finds Amadeo and the table football players conversing at the table football table. Heartened by this, he joins them.

## Cast

| Character | Voice Actor |
| Jake Hoffer | Rupert Grint (adult) Shawn Mendes (young) |
| Captain Skip | Daniel Craig |
| Ziggy | John Leguizamo |
| Rico | Rob Brydon |
| Captain Rip | Bobby Moynihan |
| Laura | Ariana Grande (adult) Katie Holmes (older) Bella Thorne (young) |
| Ace Remacho | Anthony Head (adult) Jack Maison-Hayman (young) |
| Rufus | Taran Killam |
| Agent | Mel Brooks |
| Matty | Zac Lester |
| Nino Mustachio | Bobby Moynihan |
| Gino Mustachio | Bobby Moynihan |
| Dr. Gregory Chan | Bobby Moynihan |
| Bruno | Dan McCabe |
| Angry Mike (speaking voice) | Juan José Campanella |
| MRasta-Chris | Matt Wilkinson |
| Igor | Lewis MacLeod |
| Jerry Curls | Geronimo Rauch |
| Father Fitzpatrick | Mark Wahlberg |
| Freddy Fingers | Dann Fink |
| Stinky | Adam Longworth |
| Officer Russell "The Muscle" McVine | Simon Greenall |
| Cliff Jackson | Bruce Winant |
| Gordon Reilly | Lewis MacLeod |
| CJ | Alistair McGowan |
| Ted | Dan Patrick |

### Additional voices

* Greg Abbott
* Matthew Ballard
* Blanca Camacho
* Tony Daniels - The Carnie
* Dan Edelstein
* Steve French
* Anna Garduno
* Elan Garfias
* Jason Griffith - Jerry in the Blimp, Ace's Friend #1
* Nicholas Guest
* Timothy Gulan
* Ashley Lambert
* Selenis Leyva
* Bill Lobley
* Dan McCabe - Ace's Friend #2
* Scott Menville
* Di Quon
* Armando Riesco
* Sandy Rustin
* Piers Stubbs
* Jen Tullock
* Alexis Del Vecchio
* John Walton West
* Bruce Winant - The Mayor
* Sally Winter

## Production

The film was announced on 27 November 2009. The voices of the main characters of the cast are Pablo Rago, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Fabian Gianola, Horacio Fontova and David Masajnik.
Sergio Pablos, executive producer and creator of the original idea and story for Despicable Me, acted as animation director for 20 minutes of the film, and advised Campanella on direction. The rest of the film was animated under the directions of Federico Radero and Mario Serie.
Puerto Rican band Calle 13 composed and performed the original song of the movie.
Prana Studios was hired to provide the film’s Lighting, Compositing, Visual Effects, and Rendering while operating in Mumbai, India and Weta Digital was provide to main title sequence in parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

## Release

Underdogs was the world premiere of Los Angeles on December 3, 2013 and the film was released in theaters on December 11, 2013.
The released was DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on April 1, 2014 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

## Reception
### Critical reception

Based on 15 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a positive rating of 67%, with an average rating of 5.64/10. On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 38 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

### Box office

The film opened #1 at the box-office, earning 16,622,178 pesos on its opening weekend.

## Series

There was plans for a CGI-animated sequel series on NBC, but it was changed to a 2D animated series Underdogs United.