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Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

2009 · 87 min

A silly, lowbrow sports comedy with gross-out gags and an underdog team, easy to watch but forgettable.

Tagline: Small balls. Big ambition.
Overview: An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has what it takes to coach the winning team.
How it feels: Absurd, campy, light and earnest. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Sport, ambition, found family, redemption
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
ambition
found family
redemption
grief
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong