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The Prospect

2025 · 95 min

A light, silly caper that coasts on the awkward charm of a kid bluffing his way through a world he knows nothing about.

Directed by
Robert Schultz, Dana Donnelly
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Rishi Mahesh, Dana Donnelly, Prance
Overview
When high school senior Jerry Vanetti gets rejected from every college he applied to, he hatches a plan to pose as an elite baseball prospect in order to trick a school into giving him an athletic scholarship… despite the fact that he’s never played a sport in his life.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Robert Schultz, Dana Donnelly
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Rishi Mahesh, Dana Donnelly, Prance
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • deception
    • ambition
    • education
    • sport
    Places
    • small town
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Robert Schultz, Dana Donnelly
    Written by
    Robert Schultz, Dana Donnelly
    Starring
    Rishi Mahesh, Dana Donnelly, Prance, Robert Schultz, Kel Cripe, Abigail Sims, Joe Tumay, Mike Sasson
    Runtime
    95 min

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