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Champions

2023 · 124 min

A gentle, good-natured crowd-pleaser that coasts on likable characters and easy laughs, tugging heartstrings without ever getting heavy.

Tagline
Every dream team starts somewhere.
Overview
A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • redemption
  • identity
  • friendship
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Bobby Farrelly
Written by
Mark Rizzo
Starring
Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Cheech Marin, Matt Cook, Ernie Hudson, Madison Tevlin, Joshua Felder, Kevin Iannucci
Music
Michael Franti
Cinematography
C. Kim Miles
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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