There’s scarcely a word or move in Champions that you haven’t seen somewhere else before, but in a very modest way this goofball minor-league basketball yarn throws off enough amiable and vaguely r…
makes the exasperated most out his role as a been-around-the-block minor-league coach whose likely final hope at employment is to whip a bunch of physically challenged misfits into presentable shape. It’s very easy to imagine gobs of middle-aged guys sitting around the tube at home or in a bar chugging a few while having a good time with this one., directed by Javier Fesser and inspired by a real team.
Unsurprisingly, the man’s bad behavior lowers his employment opportunities from minimal to nil as he even abuses the athletes who are temporarily entrusted to his care on the court of a local gym. They’re a motley bunch, to be sure, a mixed bag of maladroit, earnest and not especially coordinated players who don’t exactly inspire thoughts of athletic prowess.
When reckless Marcus chalks up a DUI, the local hanging judge sentences the good old boy to 90 days of community service, which in this case means coaching the motley crew of young misfits in their quest for hoops and glory.
Off court, Marcus begins spending a little time with local rural beauty Alex , who’s spirited enough to counter the man’s b.s. and smartly appealing enough to inspire him to shape up his act.
Harrelson entirely and entertainingly convinces as a naughty boy finally brought to heel in a good way; the actor is in his wheelhouse here and delivers. Olson is highly appealing, albeit a bit of a fantasy, as the woman who finally inspires this guy to shape up well after his sell-by date.
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