"Champions" is one of those films as you watch you feel entertained with fun and your touched along the way as you cheer for the forgotten. The movie set in cold and snowy Iowa has Marcus(Woody Harrelson) as a raw and go against the grain stubborn minor league basketball coach who has high hopes of bigger and better things, yet as his life is derailed with a DUI. So his punishment is community service which involves him coaching and mentoring a local basketball team, however this team is a group of kids with slow learning disabilities. The odds are stacked yet all grow and play hard along the way, as this along with Marcus's no strings attached one night stands with care free spirited colored bra wearing Alex(the sexy Kaitlin Olson) help keep Marcus afloat. Thru it all this is a wonderful sentimental film of the underdog that shows they play hard with love and determination as it's always not about winning or losing, but about learning life and love.
