# The Game Plan (film)

The Game Plan is a 2007 film about a football quarterback whose life changes forever when an unknown 8-year-old daughter from a previous marriage arrives at his doorstep. It was released by Walt Disney Pictures.
    Directed by Andy Fickman. Written by Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price, and Audrey Wells.

## Dialogue

    Joe: Well, who are you here with?
    Peyton: My father.
    Joe: Well, you better go get him, because I'm sure he's looking for you.
    Peyton: He's not looking for me.
    Joe: How do you know?
    Peyton: Because he's looking at me.
    Joe: What?
    Peyton: Hi, we've never met before, you were married to my mom, Sara. Sara Kelly. My name is Peyton, and I'm your daughter.
    Joe: You need to be a mom to do this stuff.
    Monique: I don't know about that. True, mothers are smarter, kinder, and better at just about everything...
    Peyton: Are you okay?
    Joe: [speaking with a very evident lisp] Do I sound okay? What did you put in those cookies?
    Peyton: Um, milk, flour, eggs, and cinnamon.
    Joe: Cinnamon?! I'm allergic to cinnamon!
    Peyton: Sorry.
    Joe: You're sorry? I'm talking like this and all you can say is you're sorry?
    Peyton: I'm allergic to nuts.
    [while having lunch at the Barking Crab]
    Monique: [to Peyton] Can't you just go home after the game?
    Peyton: No, I have to get back before she does. [realizes what she said]
    Joe: What did you say? [Peyton eats her dessert] You said "you have to get back before she does"? Isn't your Mom picking you up?
    Peyton: Well, um...
    Joe: Peyton?
    Peyton: I was planning to tell you, Joe. I really was. Actually, you're gonna love it. It's just L-O-L...
    Joe: Quit stalling.
    Peyton: I was supposed to be studying at a special ballet program this summer, but instead, I snuck away to come meet you.
    Joe: You ran away? You ran away?! Is your mom even in Africa?
    Peyton: About that?
    Joe: What have you done?!
    Monique: I'm sure there's a reasonable...
    Joe: The press will eat me alive. What a stupid, stupid, stupid thing for you to do. Did you stop to think about how this was gonna impact me? [Peyton starts to cough out of nut allergies] Oh, that's not gonna work this time. You are in serious trouble.
    Monique: [examines Peyton as she coughs] OK, she's sweating like crazy, she's coughing, and her lips are swelling.
    Joe: Oh, come on. Don't fall for that. She's a little world-class performer.
    Monique: I don't think she's acting right now, OK? Give me 1 second. [to Peyton] Are you allergic to something?
    Peyton: Nuts.
    Monique: [to Joe, showing him Peyton's dessert] Did you know that? [Joe remembers her saying that and turns worried] The dessert has nuts. Take her to the hospital. Come on.
    [Joe lifts Peyton onto his shoulder, carrying her]
    Joe: Hospital. Where's the nearest hospital?
    Monique: Ninth and Woodrow. I'll get the car. [Joe runs off] Hey, where are you going? What are you doing?
    Joe: [pushing bystanders out of his way] Move! Move! Move! Move!
    Man: [offscreen] Excuse me, sir.
    [Joe runs across a bridge, through a traffic jam, then reaches the hospital with Peyton]
    Joe: Help, help! My daughter needs help! Help!
    Emergency Room Doctor: [approaching Joe, alongside his friends] What do we got here?
    Joe: Help. She's allergic. She can't breathe. She's allergic to nuts.
    [One of the doctors takes Peyton, and sets her on a gurney]
    Emergency Room Doctor: It looks like an anaphylactic reaction. Set her down.
    Joe: She can't breathe.
    Emergency Room Doctor: Baby. Baby, open up your mouth. [uses a flashlight to look inside Peyton's mouth] The airway is almost close. Let's move her. 10 liters non-rebreather mask.
    [As the other doctors wheel Peyton away, Dr. Converse holds Joe back]
    Joe: Peyton. Peyton. Peyton.
    Other Doctors: [offscreen; barking orders]
    Peyton: [offscreen; gasping]
    Dr. Converse: I'll show you to the family waiting room. It's going to be fine. They're going to take care of her. She'll be OK.
    [Later, Joe, Monique, Webber and other adults sit in the family waiting room]
    Dr. Converse: [entering with a clipboard] Peyton Kelly's father?
    [The adults stand up]
    Joe: [approaching Dr. Converse] I'm Peyton's dad.
    Dr. Converse: Your daughter is responding well to the treatment. We're gonna keep her overnight just to be sure, but she's gonna be fine.
    Joe: [sighing with relief] Thank you so much. Thank you.
    Dr. Converse: You were really, really lucky this time.
    Webber: She's going to be alright.
    Joe: Yeah.
    Webber: OK.
    Woman: Please tell me Peyton's alright.
    Joe: She's going to be…
    [Joe turns to find Karen, a woman, glaring at him as she enters]
    Monique: She's going to be fine. The doctor says that she's going to be fine.
    Karen: [angry, to Joe] You're lucky that I haven't called the police.
    Joe: Karen?
    Karen: I got home early, and I see you and Peyton. [shows Joe a magazine] Your faces are plastered on the front of every magazine. [approaches Joe] I called Peyton 100 times yesterday, but she didn't answer. I flew out here, got off the plane, and I see all of this on the news.
    Joe: Karen?
    Karen: Is that all you can say for yourself is "Karen"?
    Joe: I thought you were dead.
    Karen: I can assure you, I'm not dead. How did you find her?
    Joe: I didn't, she found me. Wait a minute. Is Peyton's mom still in Africa?
    Karen: [as her eyes widen] She didn't tell you, did she? [short pause] Joe… [stops talking for a second, then continues] Sara died in a car accident 6 months ago.
    [Joe looks heartbroken about what happened to his ex-wife]
    Joe: Oh, Peyton.
    Stella: OK, Joe, this is it. "I'm going to Fanny's Burgers."
    ESPN News Reporter: Joe, you've just won the championship. What are you gonna do now?
    [Joe chuckles as he lifts Peyton on his shoulder]
    Joe: I'm gonna take my daughter home.
    [Monique and her students cheer. Spike spins and stands on his hind legs in celebration. Watching Joe and Peyton, Stella looks on with defeat]
    Peyton: Daddy, you won the championship!
    Joe: Aw, Peyton, I won much more than that.

## Taglines

* Joe Kingman had the perfect game plan to win the championship... but first, he has to tackle one little problem.

## Cast

* Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — Joe
* Madison Pettis — Peyton
* Kyra Sedgwick — Stella
* Roselyn Sanchez — Monique
* Morris Chestnut — Travis
* Hayes MacArthur — Kyle
* Brian J. White — Jamal
* Jamal Duff — Clarence
* Paige Turco — Karen
* Tubbs — Spike
* Gordon Clapp — Coach Maddox
* Kate Nauta — Tatianna
* Robert Torti — Samuel Blake Jr.

## External Links

* The Game Plan quotes at the Internet Movie Database