'Playing for Keeps' review: Cliche chick flick fails to score
Rating for Playing For Keeps 1 After films like “The Bounty Hunter” and “Gamer,” viewers should not have high expectations for any film starring Gerard Butler. The majority of his films can barely be...
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"Playing for Keeps" is a perfectly pleasant romantic comedy completely lacking in novelty. This will leave many viewers unengaged, but may not be a disadvantage for its core audience. Genre fans, like...
View ArticleJessica Biel And Gerard Butler Promsie Kid Soccer Action In 'Playing For...
While the trailers for the romantic comedy "Playing For Keeps" do a fine job of selling the film's romancey-ness and its star-studded cast,...
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Cast: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, Judy Greer Director: Gabriele Muccino Indian Express rating: *1/2 Like director Muccinos Pursuit of Happyness,...
View ArticleBox Office Report: 'Playing for Keeps' Fizzles With $2.1 Million Friday;...
James Bond pic Skyfall and other holdovers continued to rule on Friday as Gerard Butler's new...
View ArticlePlaying for Keeps: movie review
Rating for Playing For Keeps 1 There are bad movies, and there are bad movies. And then, far down below all of them, where Adam Sandler even fears to tread, there is Playing for Keeps-- perhaps the...
View ArticleReviews For The Easily Distracted: Playing For Keeps
Title: Playing For Keeps Isn't That Gerard Butler Dreamy? That's certainly what the fine folks at Open Road Films and FilmDistrict are banking on. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: One...
View ArticleBox-office preview: ‘Playing for Keeps’ won’t score
L.A. Biz by Annlee Ellingson Date: Friday, December 7, 2012, 9:49am PST Photo by Dale Robinette "Playing for Keeps," starring Jessica Biel, Noah Lomax and Gerard Butler, won't be much of a keeper at...
View Article‘Keeps' plays it too safe
For most of its length, “Playing for Keeps” inhabits an idyllic world where the weather is sunny, the cars are red Ferraris, and the soccer moms are Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones....
View ArticleOpening this Weekend: Playing for Keeps
Opening this weekend is Playing for Keeps. I don’t know if I can call it a romantic comedy because although it has some laughs, it’s not probably intentionally funny throughout. It is romantic to a...
View ArticleMovie review: 'Playing for Keeps' insults soccer moms, viewers - Movie...
This is supposed to be the time of year when high-quality movies come out, whether they're potential Oscar contenders or crowd-pleasing family fare. So the presence of flat, hacky, unfunny dreck like...
View Article'Playing for Keeps' review: A trifle
Playing for Keeps Romantic comedy. Starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid. Directed by Gabriele Muccino. (PG-13. 106 minutes.) There...
View ArticleMovie review: Gerard Butler plays it too safe in 'Playing for Keeps'
Editor's note: This movie was not previewed for Pittsburgh critics. The oddly unsatisfying big screen career of Gerard Butler takes another unfortunate turn with "Playing for Keeps," a sexualized...
View Article'Playing for Keeps' Gets Some Really Rotten Tomatoes
"Playing for Keeps" is not playing well for critics. And not just most critics. TheWrap's...
View Article"Playing for Keeps" gets some really rotten tomatoes
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Playing for Keeps" is not playing well for critics. And not just most critics. TheWrap's Alonso Duralde described Gerard Butler's new rom-com soccer movie as "dreadful"...
View ArticleBox Office: 'Skyfall' back on top as 'Playing For Keeps' flops
The latest James Bond flick, "Skyfall," is back at No. 1 this weekend, after dipping below "Breaking Dawn" last week. Raking in $11 million in its fifth...
View ArticleGerard Butler and Jessica Biel talk costarring in 'Playing for Keeps'
Playing for Keeps costars Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel, talk about their roles in the Gabriele Muccino film in which Butler admits there is chemistry between the handsome costars. Fans need not...
View ArticleButler is dad, coach, chick magnet in "Playing for Keeps"
"Playing for Keeps" is a perfectly pleasant romantic comedy completely lacking in novelty. This will leave many viewers unengaged, but may not be a disadvantage for its core audience. Genre fans, like...
View ArticleReview: 'Playing for Keeps' scores a few points for Gerard Butler
The idea underlying "Playing for Keeps," the new romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler, is basic: A well-toned guy who is good with kids is the ultimate aphrodisiac for sex-starved soccer moms. Three...
View ArticleAiming to be warm and funny, 'Playing for Keeps' misses mark
About the movie Playing for Keeps Genre: Comedy; Drama MPAA rating: PG-13 for some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image Running time: 01:35 Release date: 2012 Rating: Cast: Jon Mack;...
View Article'Playing for Keeps' Review: Soccer Rom-Com Is Extended Penalty Kick to the...
Print this page Tweet Gerard Butler is supposed to be a movie star. The camera loves him, he’s got a great head of hair and he comes off like someone you might actually want to watch on the big screen...
View Article'Playing for Keeps': What the Critics are Saying
share Dale Robinette/FilmDistrict The romantic comedy stars Gerard Butler as a retired soccer player who attracts the soccer moms from his son's team, but the film fails to score as an end-of-the-year...
View ArticleBox Office Preview: Gerard Butler's 'Playing for Keeps' Likely to Flop
share Dale Robinette/FilmDistrict The romantic comedy also stars Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid. Gerard Butler is facing another tough weekend at the box office.our...
View ArticlePlaying For Keeps: Neither romantic, nor funny
Playing for Keeps is comprised of many baffling mysteries, not least, how four talented actresses — Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Judy Greer — were attracted to this misogynistic...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: Playing for keeps
PLAYING FOR KEEPS DIRECTOR: Gabriele Muccino CAST: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Noah Lomax, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Judy Greer. CLASSIFICATION: PG RUNNING TIME: 106 min...
View ArticleBlu-ray, DVD Release: Playing For Keeps
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 5, 2013 Price: DVD $30.99, Blu-ray $35.99 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment It’s soccer and romance for Gerard...
View ArticleThe only reason to see 'Playing for Keeps': Gerard Butler
There really is no point to seeing “Playing for Keeps” unless you would like to have sex with Gerard Butler, or would like to be Gerard Butler, or think, at least, that life inside his shoes would be...
View ArticleIn Theaters This Weekend: Reviews of 'Playing for Keeps,' 'Deadfall,' 'Hyde...
Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel star in the romantic comedy Playing for Keeps, one of several...
View Article'Playing for Keeps': Don't stop me if you've heard this one before
"Playing for Keeps" is a perfectly pleasant romantic comedy completely lacking in novelty. This will leave many viewers unengaged, but may not be a disadvantage for its core audience. Genre fans, like...
View ArticleChrysler and The Cinema Society host 'Playing for Keeps' premiere
'Playing for Keeps' starring Gerard Butler with Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer, and Dennis Quaid in supporting roles hit theaters this weekend. A former sports star...
View ArticleMovie review: ‘Playing for Keeps’
Taken from one angle, Gabriele Muccino’s “Playing for Keeps” is just another generic date-night flick, destined to be forgotten almost immediately. Taken from another, however, it’s a relevant cultural...
View ArticleFILM: Chasing Mavericks, Playing for Keeps
CHASING MAVERICKS has to survive and overcome a raft of handicaps but, in the end, it rides along on the crest of a melodramatic wave. First, this true story (usually a bad sign) about a young surfer...
View ArticleGerard Butler: Playing For Keeps Is 'Not A Typical Romantic Comedy'
Gerard Butler is starring in the comedy "Playing for Keeps," and the actor says the film's roster of beautiful actresses...
View ArticleReview: 'Playing for Keeps'
Playing for Keeps isnt content just to be a generic romantic comedy. If that makes Gabriele Muccinos film sound like its a step up from the usual slog, whoa, no. Instead, not only is it not funny...
View ArticlePlaying for Keeps Soulless, Sexist
Playing for Keeps is generic Hollywood fare, but one thing makes it stand out: As of this writing,...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: 'Playing for Keeps'; 'Chasing Ice'; 'Brooklyn Castle'
Playing for Keeps (2012) ***1/2 Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, Judy Greer. A once-great soccer star returns home and coaches his estranged young son's...
View ArticleButler plays it safe, sweetReview
The oddly unsatisfying big screen career of Gerard Butler takes another unfortunate turn with "Playing for Keeps," a sexualized romantic comedy built around kids' soccer. It makes its way into theaters...
View ArticleToo Old to Score Goals, He Still Lives to Score
That last part might be a matter of casting in “Playing for Keeps.” Mr. Butler is apparently — or at least contractually — irresistible to women, and George, even in semi-eclipse, attracts them like...
View ArticleMovie Review | Playing for Keeps: Acting scores in slow comedy
Playing for Keeps . Directed by Gabriele Muccino. Written by Robbie Fox. Photographed by Peter Menzies Jr.. MPAA rating: PG-13 (for some sexual situations, language, a brief intense image) Running...
View ArticlePlay keep-away with ‘Keeps’
Kyle Smith Blog: Movies MOVIE REVIEW PLAYING FOR KEEPS Half a star Keep your distance. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual references, profanity). At the Union Square, the Kips Bay, the 34th...
View ArticleButlers charm prevents 'Playing for Keeps' from losing
There really is no point to seeing Playing for Keeps unless you would like to lust over Gerard Butler, or would like to be Gerard Butler, or think, at least, that life inside his shoes would be...
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