BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

DrMoMo Why does this have such a low rating? I am starting to get the impression that people rate movies bad just because they have Ice Cube in them. Personally I think he is a great actor, director and artist in general.'The Longshots' is a good family movie. Its exactly what you expect it to be and more. Inspiring, good vibes, entertaining and the acting and directing is not bad at all here! Don't be fooled by the low rating! The story could be more worked out and deepened here and there. But what good would it do? Fred Durst is doing a great job directing this. The camera work is surprisingly well done and professional. The cast is giving an overall balanced and artistic performance. Again: Why anyone would want to give this a bad rating, I don't know!

jermaine999 This movie made my eyes water in some of the scenes. Ice Cube has a great eye for scripts that are family friendly and hilariously funny. One of the most heart warming movies I've ever seen. In a world full of TV shows like "Family Guy" and "That Cleveland Show", it is good to know that there are movies like this being made for our young people. But grown up would love it too! Great-Great-Great movie. In order to post this review, it has to be 10 lines long so I guys I will keep talking about how great the movie was....The quality of the production, Excellent! The story-line, Excellent! The writing, Excellent! The cinematography, World Class!. I hope you get a chance to see it. Now that's 11 lines :-)

mosaddeghian A very good movie, Long shots is based on a true story of a run down town and a young lady that achieves confidence on the football field. Against all odds, the town as well as the girl learn to achieve simply by watching the girl overcome obstacles on the football field. This movie is good for all ages to see due to it is positive and it shows that anything can be done if you put the proper effort into it. The movie displays decent acting, humor and drama. Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok did good work. The acting is very nice, Ice Cube, yes, (I've enjoyed his acting since the Boyz N the Hood days), Keke Palmer very believable as a tall misfit Jasmine Plummer, and the supporting cast. There's even a cool cameo by Garrett Morris (Saturday Night Live fame of the Chevy Chase / Steve Martin era). You won't be disappointed with watching this film.

ifhedieshedies In brief Longshots is the classic underdog story but with a few twists. Not only do we have a young,struggling,American rugby team we also have the struggle of a young girl trying to earn respect and gain a place in this young,struggling,American rugby team.People may think they have seen hundreds of these types of films before, Mighty Duck's (the ice hockey one with Billy the Kid as the head coach) and Little Giant's (the American rugby one with Louis Tully as the head coach) to name two off the top of my head. Longshots however is a different breed of animal.The powerhouse performance of Ice Cube accompanied with the fantastic direction of Fred Durst makes this film a must see.Ice Cube plays Curtis Plummer, a down and out with little in his life except American football and alcohol. He has a distant relationship with his niece, Jasmine Plummer, until fate brings them closer together. It is at this point that Curtis Plummer realises his young niece has a talent for throwing a Rugby ball a long way very accurately!. Without spoiling the rest of the film Ice Cube basically becomes a Yoda figure to Jasmine Plummer and trains her in the art of throwing a Rugby ball without going to the dark side (Laces out Dan!).This film goes on to teach us a valuable life lesson. In one scene we have Curtis Plummer a smelling,dirty, down and out looking at the horrible state he has let himself become in a mirror. Whilst looking into this mirror and deep into his own heart does Curtis decide to change his ways? become a better uncle to Jasmine? become a role model to all those other down and outs around him? NO!!! he simply changes his shirt and puts on a bowler-esquire type hat. The message this gives to the young generation out there is that a small change can be all that is needed in life.After raving about this film you may wonder why i did not give this film 10 stars. Well my only niggle with The Longshots is the soundtrack. Instead of the kids winning their first American rugby game and a mediocre run of the mill instrumental accompanying the scene why not add Ice Cubes own masterpiece Roll All Day to make this a truly epic scene and epic film! For this film to be at a meager 2.7 on IMDb is a utter disgrace. What Durst,Cube and Cube vision have created is a minor miracle. GO BUY IT!