Playing for Keeps Movie Reviews
2.0
Rajeev Masand | ibnlive.com
How anyone can rope in so many charming actors and yet make such an unremarkable film is the one single thought that's going through your head as you watch 'Playing For Keeps'. This inoffensive but formulaic romantic comedy squanders away the talents of its sexy cast by trapping them in such a predictable script. Gerard Butler stars as George Dryer, a former soccer-star who relocates to a suburb in Virginia to make amends with his ex-wifeRead full review1.5
Shalini Langer | Indian Express
Like director Muccino's Pursuit of Happyness, Playing for Keeps has a beat-up father with a broken marriage and a loving kid. However, that's where the similarity ends. For while it would purport to be about all that, it is busy building up Butler as a sexy ex-sports star with disturbingly few morality qualms who has all the soccer moms — played incongruously by some fine actors — lusting after him. You expect any of those things, especially a loaned FerrariRead full review