Champions (2023)
7/10
Heartwarming
12 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I saw Champions, starring Woody Harrelson-Triangle of Sadness, Solo: A Star Wars Story; Kaitlin Olson-It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_tv, Vacation_2015; Ernie Hudson-Quantum Leap_tv, Grace and Frankie_tv and Cheech Marin-Shotgun Wedding, From Dusk Till Dawn.

This is a feel good movie that is based on a 2018 Spanish film called Campeones. Woody plays an assistant coach to Ernie for a basketball team and Woody has anger issues. When Woody gets into trouble-a DUI hitting a police car-he gets a 90 day sentence of community service, which consists of being a coach for kids with intellectual disabilities. All the kids are played by real kids with disabilities. Kaitlin is the big sister of one of the kids that gets romantically involved with Woody and Cheech runs the center Woody is working at and also keeps an eye on Woody during his parole. It's a heartwarming story with the usual buttons pushed but not too maudlin, so you hardly notice.

It's rated PG-13 for language and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 3 minutes.

I enjoyed it and it is a good one to stream.
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