Director Bobby Farrelly and star Woody Harrelson come up short in an underwhelming comedy about a ragtag group of Special Olympians.
A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.They are an unpromising group, more than a little difficult to wrangle, due to their particular limitations. Marlon has autism that sometimes leads to distraction. Johnny has Down Syndrome but is also pathologically afraid of water and hence refuses to ever bathe.
As you can easily predict, the grumpy Marcus initially refers to his assignment as working with “retards.” As you can even more easily predict, he comes to hate that term and to realize that his charges are all distinct individuals, some of whom have lives that are frankly more fulfilling than his own.
The one major change the new version brings to the story is the handling of the romantic subplot, which is improved here. Originally, the coach was in the midst of a separation, but needs his wife to help out with driving the team to their away games. Marcus, however, is a creature of one-night stands, and sparks fly when one of the hookups he has treated shabbily is revealed to be Johnny’s sister. They resume their sexual relationship after she is press-ganged into becoming their driver.
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