The Game Plan

Plot synopsis:
In the last game of the American Football Federation regular season between the Boston Rebels and the New York Dukes, Rebels quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson) scores a touchdown after ignoring an open wide receiver, Travis Sanders (Morris Chestnut). The next morning, an 8-year-old girl named Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) arrives on Joe's doorstep saying that she is his biological daughter, and that his divorced wife sent her there to meet him. His agent, Stella Peck (Kyra Sedgwick), thinks this will be bad for his image and distracts him with the upcoming playoffs.
At the opening of his own restaurant, Joe leaves without Peyton, and is on the cover of a tabloid the next day. Stella decides Joe needs a new fatherly image. At a later press conference, the reporters make Joe miserable, until Peyton comes to his defense, saying that he is new to this and trying the best he can, and that she thinks he is the best father in the world. Peyton then says that Joe has to repay her, so she has him take her to a ballet academy run by Monique Vasquez (Roselyn Sánchez). Monique has Joe join their ballet performance to show him that ballet takes just as much athletic ability as football. Joe and Peyton begin their relationship after Peyton calls his arrogant and selfish behavior to his attention. Joe takes Peyton and her new friends to the mall where he begins to develop romantic feelings for Vasquez.
The Rebels march through the playoffs via three road games: Denver in the Wild Card round, Indianapolis in the Divisional round and finally Baltimore in the Conference round. They eventually make it to the championship game held in Arizona in a rematch with the New York Dukes. Stella offers Joe a $25 million endorsement deal with Fanny's Burgers, a successful fast food restaurant run by Samuel Blake, Jr. (Robert Torti), if he wins the game and mentions the product to the press. While at lunch with Joe and Monique, Peyton accidentally reveals that her mother does not know that she is with him. She was supposed to go to a ballet school program for the month, but instead she ran away to be with Joe. Peyton then has an allergic reaction to the nuts in the dessert she was eating, and Joe rushes her to the hospital; however, the doctors tell him that the reaction is mild, and his daughter is going to be fine. Joe's former sister-in-law and Peyton's legal guardian, Karen Kelly (Paige Turco), arrives. She announces her intent to take Peyton home and he tries to convince Karen that he wants his daughter to stay. Joe discovers that Sara, his ex-wife and Peyton's mother, was killed in an automobile accident six months earlier, and that Peyton sneaked away on her own. After overhearing Stella explaining that Peyton would be a distraction to Joe, Karen and Peyton return home. Later, while going through Peyton's bag under her bed, Joe finds some photos and reads a letter from Sara, saying that she hid Peyton away from Joe, not wanting Peyton to be a distraction to him. As the championship game begins, Joe's mind is not fully set on the game and he is soon injured.
Joe is surprised to discover that Peyton has arrived with Karen. Understanding Joe's earlier words about how he wants to remain in Peyton's life, Karen decides to let Peyton live with Joe. Near the end of the fourth quarter, Joe passes the ball to the running back, Webber (Brian White), who gains positive yardage but fails to get out of bounds. Joe hurries his team to the line with the clock running, and rushes ahead before being knocked out of bounds. With time for one last play, Joe throws a lob pass to Sanders, who catches the pass, allowing the Rebels to win their first championship. In a post-game interview, Joe declines the Fanny's Burgers offer, insisting that he will be with Peyton. Joe, Peyton, and Monique dance together in Joe's apartment to the song "Burning Love".

Tags: comedy

Review:
It has a very simple yet enjoyable story about a famous football player who's life is all about football, parties, women and his dog apparently a very good life but also a very lonely one when someday a girl appears at his door telling that he is her dad and there's where he must learn how to be a parent and at the same time to live.
The Rock proves that he is more than an action hero, he also can do comedy in a very good way, the little girl Madison Pettis is so cute and his acting is great, she looks very natural.
We were both very impressed with the little actress, Madison Pettis, who played The Rock's daughter, she was incredibly believable and didn't over do her role or was too cute that it made you sick.
The script may not be Oscar material, but it was perfect for a family film and the story while it may not be the most original, still had it's funny and touching moments.Joe is a quarterback on Boston's football team and they are about to go to the championships.
But he ends up gaining something more in the end, a loving daughter to call him "daddy".Like I said, this is a Disney film, don't expect Oscar worthy material, it's just a fun little family flick.
My husband took one look at all the little girls seated in the theater and said, "Did you choose the right movie?" But he laughed from start to finish, as did all the other men in the theater.The story is about a selfish star quarterback who plays for the Boston Rebels NFL team.
In "The Game Plan" after being high-jacked to the mall by his 8 year-old daughter Peyton (adorable Madison Pettis) and her ballerina crew, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Superstar Quarterback Joe Kingman is held captive at a "Make Your Own Doll" shop.
"The Game Plan" works, because of The Rock's undeniable charm, and his natural chemistry with Madison Pettis.Film critic Richard Roeper commented that The Rock has squandered the opportunity of being the next huge action star, with his recent roles.
Madison Pettis does a sterling job as Peyton Kelly, his sassy little daughter.The duo has brilliant on-screen chemistry and Disney has compiled a sure-fire family winner in The Game Plan..
In "The Game Plan," Boston Quarterback Joe Kingman is quite surprised when he suddenly learns that he has a 6 year old daughter from a previous marriage.
I didn't expected much from this movie but it did surprise me.It is very funny , a lot of meanings and emotions, the kid is a fantastic actress,she is really cute and adorable and the rock did a good job.I'm sure you would like to watch it again, it is a good break,it helped me to relax and forget about a lot of stress.you don't expect a lot more from a funny family movie that everybody can enjoy,it is well done so don't worry about the story and just have some good time..
Story line is pretty basic, egotistical self-centered football superstar dealing with the fact that his marriage that ended eight years ago produced a child who takes it upon herself to come and stay with him (unbeknownst to her mother who thinks she is away on ballet camp) Footballer hero has to deal with the realities of parenthood in a hurry and does a damn fine job of it despite a few initial hiccups.
American football team Boston Rebels' star quarterback Joe Kingman (The Rock) has only two loves in his life - Football and Elvis Presley.
But alas one fine day he finds little Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) at his doorstep, claiming to be his daughter, and thus putting the brakes in his fast life.It's convenient to start weaving woeful family drama and comedy about the complete opposites being struck by Fate to live under the same roof.
When funny doesn't work, it switches gears to cute.However, The Game Plan possesses a certain charm, helped in loads without a doubt by the charisma of Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
In The Game Plan, he rolls all those into one without breaking a sweat, and this movie is almost single-handedly saved from the doldrums by resting itself on his broad muscular shoulders.Gridiron Gang had American Football elements in it, though The Rock now crosses from being the coach to the star player.
There are some heartwarming scenes between her and The Rock, and you'll probably be trying to hold back that teardrop.This is still a star vehicle for Dwayne Johnson, and I hope that he will not ditch his action roles for drama or comedy, given a distinct lack of action movie stars that I humbly think he can fill.
Filled with plenty of Elvis songs (director Andy Fickman is reportedly a fan) that you can hear Johnson serenade with, there are enjoyable moments in The Game Plan, and its predictable Zacherie sweet messages on family, determination and the likes, will no doubt make this movie achieve a decent box office success here.As a fan, I can't wait for his debut in Get Smart, and crossing my fingers he'll be casted in the much rumored production of Shazam!
If you are in search of a great family film, do make a personal game plan to show this movie to your loved ones very soon.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays a professional football player who's a selfish, self-centered macho man that changes his ways when he finds out he's a father.
I also liked the role of Peyton Kelly(Madison Pettis) because it's so cute how she treats The Rock like a father because The Rock does not look like the kind of guy that would have an 8-year-old daughter.
making a youngsters film?"i wasn't completely sure what to expect but after i watched it I really did love the film.a lot of funny parts, the rock and Madison played the whole thing very good.
The little girl, Madison Pettis, plays a great role as the daughter and hopefully she doesn't end up like so many other child actors from the 80's and 90's.
First off i will say its one of the most funny Disney films i ever seen.Secondly its also one of the best of Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnsons films to date .This movie kept me thinking laughing and kept my attention throughout The movie is very very well put together and very well shot.Great acting, as well as a terrific script.The Rock puts on a great show as well as the cast but whether your a movie fan of his or wrestling this is not one of his films to be missed.Also The DVD has some pretty cool extras.To Me This Is A Buy I Could Def. Watch this afew more times and with the extras makes it a nice little treat.A Very Well done 10/10 from me..
It's really a touching one and very heart warming family movie.I really recommend Game Plan for everyone to watch.
This was a very entertaining and funny movie, I taught the Rock and Madison Pettis had great chemistry and there was nonstop fun.
I hope to see Madison Pettis in more movies ,she is a cute adorable little girl and has such a great persona on the screen.
The Rock is such a huge figure and he did a great job in this family film and showed how loves can change anyone to become a less selfish person..
The Game Plan has learned its lessons well, as it teams up its star, wrestler turned actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, with both a cute child and an animal.
With Peyton's mom away in Africa, Joe has to learn how to be a father for the first time in his life.The Game Plan is total film-making by numbers that plays entirely by our expectations.
The movie stars a perfectly-cast Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a quarterback with a huge ego and a quest for a championship who suddenly has to mature when the daughter he never knew he had suddenly shows up on his doorstep.
Madison Pettis plays little Peyton the eight year old daughter of Joe Kingman the football player, she is a cute kid who sparks the movie.
A very nice family movie that you should watch, Johnson does his play pretty well i really like him as a actor because he can be funny and action remind me of Arnold somehow.
this was a predictable Disney movie, no real plot twists, well a maybe 1 or 2 that I didn't see coming, but I found this to be a very enjoyable movie.Joe "The King" Kingman, a totally self-absorbed star quarterback, discovers he has an 8 year old daughter, and she proceeds to turn his OCD lifestyle upside down.
The Game Plan is a pretty good Disney family comedy for fans of The Rock.
But as the story went on and many entertaining set pieces like The Rock and the girl doing ballet in front of nearly all of his teammates, his singing his idol Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" to her, or his teammates with the little girl playing super soaker with him were coming on, I was thoroughly enjoying myself to the point that I was thinking, "Hey, this is not so bad at all!" So on that note, for anyone with families or who just want a good clean comedy, I highly recommended The Game Plan!
It is basically about a football star quaterback Joe King aka "The Rock"(by the way plays a good part in a family movie) who has it all great life until 1 day when a young girl shows up at his home and says you are my father, and he never knew nothing about her even existing never seen her for 8 years and I will leave it at that, I don't want to get to much into the movie ruin for those of you who haven't seen.
Without it that film would be a messy Disney Original movie.Joe Kingman (Johnson) is a star quarterback who has fame and fortune.
However a long lost 7 years old daughter, Peyton enters his life, a product from a brief marriage some years ago.Now the the fun loving and partying Kingman has to adjust to life going to plays, ballet classes and kids tea parties.Its an undoubtedly feel good family film as even his teammates who are seemingly unmarried or without children enjoy Peyton's company and like to poke fun at Kingman wrestling with fatherhood.There are enough stunts in the film such as The Rock doing ballet, having water fights, singing Elvis songs which does enough to raise it from immense cheesiness..
then one day a little girl shows up on his doorstep and claims to be his daughter,,, at first he thinks this is a joke or a Public Relations stunt,, at first he doesn't want anything to do with her because he realizes that his current lifestyle is a thing of the past if her accustations are true, and she really is his dad,, so they talk for awhile,, and through some interrogation,, he finds out that indeed she is his daughter from a previous daughter,, so he has to learn all about the daughter that he didn't know he had,, and he ends up teaching her football , and getting her on the local team..
excellent feel good movie,, even if you don't like sports or the Rock..
From the first minutes of The Game Plan,it's obvious that the movie belongs to the group of bad comedies which show humor at the same level of any sitcom and some cheap sentimentalism for finally being familiar products,when actually,they are cold products created by people who have the intention of attracting enough spectators for winning money.But,in sight that The Game Plan was directed by Andy Fickman (whose previous movie,She's the Man,was a subversive comedy which adapted Shakespeare with a lot of humor and energy),I had,during the first minutes,the hope that the director was going to find some way of rescuing a movie which seemed to be tedious.That was such a big mistake from my part.The Game Plan does not go beyond its tired formula with its humor moments and some life lessons which we have seen on a lot of mediocre movies and TV programmes.I do not particularly hate this kind of movies...I understand this formula attracts kids and their parents and I thank its intention of offering unoffensive humor and which does not try to be pretentiously sophisticated...I am simply tired of this insipid formula.I suppose the fans of Dwayne Johnson will enjoy seeing the ex-wrestler in a sensible character.By my point of view,Johnson is charismatic and I think he can be a good actor with a good screenplay and a director who understands his capacity and limitations.But,under Fickman's mediocre direction,Johnson only shows some of his charisma.Roselyn Sanchez does what she can with her role.The Game Plan is what I was expecting to find:a very crappy comedy..
It's never going to win Oscars, and Dwayne Johnson looks (surprisingly) weak in the emotional acting department at times but this is still an OK kids movie.Nothing to worry about here: no unexpected nasties, just good clean silly fun.It manages to be a nice father-daughter movie, and as we have three daughters that's appreciated.
This movie is not brilliant, nor is it terrible.It's just one of many decent family movies: Entertaining and fun for all ages.The storyline is pretty easy to predict and the movie has all standard elements for a 'buddy'-movie, but watching the though and cool Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson humiliate himself is very funny :) I liked this movie for what it was (a decent, but standard family movie) and I'd recommend it to everyone who wants to view a nice movie with the whole family or grab some popcorn and watch the movie with your partner to forget the everyday stress..
The Game Plan is a very predictable cute and funny movie with The Rock.
However, his very bachelor existence is turned on its head when 8 year old Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) arrives at his bachelor pad claiming to be his daughter.When watching The Game Plan it reminded me a lot of Big Daddy; a selfish immature adult finds themselves having to look after a child and for the most part the adult does a pretty bad job at being a parent.
The Game Plan is a very funny and enjoyable film made better by two very strong performances by Dwayne Johnson and Madison Pettis.
Only this situation is hilarious enough.Dwayne Johnson and Madison Pettis make a good double and convince in the father-daughter relationship."The Game Plan" is certainly not a film that invents the wheel.
Even Kindergarten Cop is a more worthwhile watch, because at least it was groundbreaking at the time.Famous, self-centered quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson) has to deal with the unwelcome news that he has an eight-year old daughter from his previous marriage, Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis), who suddenly appears at his doorstep.Johnson is great at poking fun at himself, which is crucial for any comedic actor, but with such a lousy script, The Gameplan is emotionally lacking, despite the oddly good reviews and box-office surprise.
We've already had Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vin Diesel doing the daddy-day-care bit - in "Kindergarten Cop" and "The Pacifier," respectively - and now we have Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson making like a wet-nurse in "The Game Plan," a warm-and-fuzzy piece of generic fluff designed to be enjoyed and disposed of in roughly equal measure.Joe Kingman is a professional quarterback with an ego and a paycheck as massive as his ginormous biceps.
I liked the movie, just when it came to getting the DVD of it some is different he changes the channel when the team watching basketball, and a lot of things that when at cinema she was doing "the Rock"is doing in the film on DVD version of it..
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays pro football player Joe Kingman, the star quarterback of the Boston Rebels, who is keen on getting his first championship after years of futile attempts.
things get complicated when a young girl (Madison Pettis) shows up at her door, claiming she's his daughter and will stay for a month with him while Mom's doing humanitarian work in Africa.Basically a plot device to get The Rock to do ballet and make a fool of himself, "The Game Plan" doesn't have anything up its sleeve that would surprise more jaded viewers.
it is really cute to see Americans do films about family and friendship although they seem to be the most violent nation on the planet thank allah we have the world of movies that give hope to all it is still possible we can be friendsthe film is about a successful American football player who does not know he has an 8 years old daughter until one day she suddenly appears at the doorway the rock is a pankratio performer (americans call it "american wrestling") but he sure can act in this sweet family comedy as well as he can in action films.
Then things take off from there, and the Rock's character Joe Kingman is a pro football player looking to win a title, while is daughter Peyton is a ballet dancer.
'The Game Plan' is a funny and touching movie with a great performance by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.he really should consider doing more family movies.He's a natural..
The Game Plan is a rather silly movie about an arrogant football player who learns he has a daughter.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays Joe Kingman, a high profile football player who meets the eight year old daughter he never knew he had.
Basically NFL football quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) is a star on the pitch, a single bachelor, and a little self centred with love for Elvis Presley, but more for himself.