2012 · comedy · romance · sports
Playing for Keeps
Directed by Gabriele Muccino1h 46m2012
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Our read: Playing for Keeps (2012) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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How Playing for Keeps feels to watch.
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