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This movie felt like a fever dream. It felt like what Matt Walsh sees in his nightmares. From the very beginning, it's obvious that the writer knows absolutely nothing about sports. Which is extremely frustrating because there are a LOT of sports personalities in this. Any one of them could have pulled the director aside and said, "Hey, that's not how this sport works." For example, in the beginning, we see a basketball and the whole team is just five guys. Yes, that's how many are on the court for each team at a given time, but there than five guys on the team. Every time the main character has to coach, he doesn't actually do any coaching. I think the writer honestly thinks that the coach is a glorified cheerleader. At one point, we see the main characters hurling balls at the faces of their opponents. Again, they are playing BASKETBALL! That's a foul!

There also aren't any jokes. None. The 'comedy' in this movie feels like it was written by ChatGPT. It has the cadence of humor. The only thing even humor adjacent in this game was when one of the characters punches another one in the dick.

If you enjoyed this movie, I question your intelligence.

This is a feel good movie that is perfectly campy, cheesy, romantic, and impactful. The music good, the lyrics are mostly heartfelt, the characters are likable, and the lampooning of right wing fundies without being mean is awesome. Despite it's obvious technical flaws and low budget style, I enjoyed it from beginning to end. There are two things keeping me from giving it 10 stars. First is the lack of chemistry between the two leads. I just don't feel the romantic spark between them. The second might have helped the first if done properly, and that is that we don't really see the development of a relationship. There's a montage, but the meat of the building of the romantic relationship just wasn't there.

Still, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.