…a flawed movie that’s still an agreeable enough watch for those who dig Butler’s brand of charm…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 24, 2023

Biel, despite being left with insipid material and dialogue, at least tries to keep things afloat.

| Original Score: 1.0/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

Playing for Keeps recycles tired, flawed lessons about masculinity.

| Aug 28, 2019

Despite a cast full of recognizable -- and in some cases talented -- people, this is a predictable piece of romantic comedy fluff that just goes through the motions. There is not one moment that you can't see coming well in advance.

| Apr 11, 2019

Quite simply, what we have here is a romantic comedy that is neither.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 7, 2018

Most of the film is predictable, from the reaction of the women to George's relationship with his son to the heartwarming conclusion. Still, it's a relatively entertaining piece of fluff, but equally forgettable after leaving the theatre.

| Oct 22, 2018

Sadly, a smattering of heart-warming moments fails to redeem what is ultimately a disastrous offside shot at a rom-com.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 28, 2016

Someone maybe should've told this guy if you want to rekindle a romance with a woman, you probably shouldn't start by sleeping with all her friends.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

a celluloid own goal.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 18, 2013

No matter what kind of drab, derivative fluff you prefer, this exceptionally toothless comedy has something to offer.

| Jul 28, 2013

All the characters and their motivations are banal at best and half drawn at worst, leading to the question: why didn't this end up on The Hallmark Channel starring 온라인카지노추천's hot-tail of the moment?

| Mar 18, 2013

... a half-hearted comedy about the perils of former professional athletes that unsuccessfully tries to force together elements of domestic melodrama and romantic farce.

| Mar 5, 2013

An own-goal shambles of bland characterization, comic shtick, exes-still-in-love clichs and lazy implausibilities, Playing For Keeps plays down to the ugliest American stereotype of soccer-dull to the point of brain-death.

| Jan 29, 2013

Did Gerard really leave the UK and a guaranteed pundit spot on Match of the Day for an automatous son and callous wife? Playing for Keeps asks difficult questions like these but provides no satisfying answers.

| Jan 6, 2013

If this was a biscuit, it would be an own-label digestive, full of sugar and trans fats - but suited and booted in a glistening wrapper.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2013

The comedy has its moments but they are few, and a high-powered cast, which also includes Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid, give mostly low-powered performances.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2013

Even the usually reliable Dennis Quaid flounders as a fellow parent in a film that is at least slickly put together but is ultimately a sheer waste of talent.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 3, 2013

In the long, ignoble tradition of naff romcoms starring Butler, this stands alongside The Ugly Truth and The Bounty Hunter as the worst of its kind.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Jan 3, 2013

Sadly wastes its star-studded cast and has very little to offer in the way of laughs and touching moments.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 3, 2013

Even an actor as capable as Dennis Quaid is incapable of wading in to save it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 3, 2013