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The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to his mini-documentary before his stand-up special "Laugh At My Pain," actor/comedian Kevin Hart said he was a part of this real swim team in Philadelphia.
- GoofsThe thugs confront Jim in the pouring rain. The front passenger window of the 1973 Chrysler Imperial is wide open, yet the person sitting there does not get wet.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Shooter/The Last Mimzy/TMNT/Reign Over Me/Pride (2007)
- SoundtracksBack Stabbers
Written by Leon Huff, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
Performed by The O'Jays
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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Follows the simple familiar formula
Back in 1964, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) tried to compete in Salisbury, N Carolina but he's not wanted as the only black competitor. Then it's 1973. All he can get is a job to close down a rec center from the Philadelphia Department of Recreation. He finds bitter maintenance guy Elston (Bernie Mac) and a rundown swimming pool. Sue Davis (Kimberly Elise) is the representative who is reluctantly closing down the unused center. When the city takes down the basketball rims, Jim teaches the kids to swim. It turns out that Sue Davis is the sister and guardian of one of the kids.
It's a simple formulaic sports movie. It adds in a splash of racism, a splash of poverty, and stirs it up in an unconventional black sport. Terrence Howard holds it all together. Bernie Mac could have done some damage with his clowning but it's in small doses. It's heart warming at the appropriate time. Tom Arnold may not have the weight to play the bad guy. However the movie follows the underdog formula and does a good job.
It's a simple formulaic sports movie. It adds in a splash of racism, a splash of poverty, and stirs it up in an unconventional black sport. Terrence Howard holds it all together. Bernie Mac could have done some damage with his clowning but it's in small doses. It's heart warming at the appropriate time. Tom Arnold may not have the weight to play the bad guy. However the movie follows the underdog formula and does a good job.
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- Also known as
- P.D.R.
- Filming locations
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA(yellow house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,057,600
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,533,300
- Mar 25, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $7,094,650
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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