Soccer Mom
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Movie Reviews of Soccer Mom
Movie Review: Awesome Family Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
What a special movie, for the entire family. Soccer Mom has it all: strong family values, humor and suspense, and general warmth that touches the entire family. Not just girl power, but family power too. And some great acting. We can't stop talking about it!Movie Review: What a great movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
We have watched this movie three times now. My nieces, nephews, family and friends laugh throughout the movie. The movie is fun, enjoyable and the soundtrack is great also. I personally enjoy the closing song of the movie. This is a must see movie!!! enjoy.Movie Review: Great Movie for families and teenagers- everyone can enjoy
Summary: 5 Stars
I have kids ranging from 6 years to 15 years old (boys and girls)- everyone loved this movie. My teenage daughter is inviting her girlfriends over this weekend to watch it. It is a fun movie with a great nice message. This is a keeper!Movie Review: "Oh, and darling, if we lose today, you're still my daughter. It'd just be a little harder to love you."
Summary: 4 Stars
For the record, it isn't Missi Pyle's character who says that to her daughter. She and Emily Osment share a different sort of dysfunction.
Parents will do the screwiest things for their kids. SOCCER MOM demonstrates this, with Missi Pyle playing a harried mom who masquerades as famous Italian soccer star, Lorenzo Vincenzo, who comes to coach her 14-year-old daughter's hapless soccer team. SOCCER MOM hits its high points whenever the disguise is on and I grinned at all the wacky that went down. Missi Pyle, under all the prosthetic, looks passable as a dude, although she's not as convincing with the posture and the man voice. Still, Missi is so likable that it's easy to overlook those nitpicks. There's just a bit of Lucille Ball in Missi Pyle.
It's nice to see Emily Osment temporarily shedding HANNAH MONTANA to do her own thing, to step into the spotlight for once. Emily's angry teen role doesn't lend much room for her comedic talents so she switches it up and demonstrates a nice dramatic presence. It also adds a measure of believability that Osment actually has eight or nine years of soccer-playing experience. Underneath all the silly stuff, the core beat concerns the strained relationship between a mom and a daughter grieving over the loss of her father, and the mom's desperate attempt to reconnect. It all adds up to a warm-hearted family flick with bits of good old-fashioned silly cross-dressing thrown in. The soccer sequences won't light up any soccer fan, but that's not the point, anyway. The screwball's the thing, and how ridiculous it really gets when the real (and blustery) Lorenzo Vincenzo shows up at the regional finals. But we all knew that wasn't not gonna happen.
The DVD's bonus stuff: "Heart of Goal" features interviews with cast members Missy Pyle, Emily Osment, and Dan Cortese (00:07:48 minutes); "From Mom To Man" reveals the arduous process which transforms Missy Pyle into Lorenzo Vincenzo (00:06:27); and the movie trailer.
Movie Review: READ THIS REVIEW - NO SPOILER HERE!
Summary: 4 Stars
My 11 year old (soccer playing) daugter picked this out at the video store completely at random. Knowing nothing about the film, I really enjoyed the story-line and unlike many of the other reviewers, I am not going to disclose what it is. While the plot is far from original, my daughter and I had a very good time watching it together. If you are a soccer mom (or dad) this one is a no-brainer. It is filled with light-hearted humor, and the main plot twist is quite entertaining. Missi Pyle does a fun performance and you will see Emily Osment nicely pull off a role that is far from her character in Hannah Montana.
Regarding the remarks that some have made about sexual content, they do have some merit. While I don't think that it had a big impact on the movie as a whole, there was one scene where both me and my daughter looked away from the screen as if to say, "That's just gross!"
Bottom line: This is a fun picture to watch with a soccer kid!