I wonder if the costume dept. bought the kit in pieces off e-Bay or asked for odds & ends from the Front Office's supply dump? By contrast, if you watch the extra "making of" feature on Moneyball, the costume dept. went to great lengths to get exact reproductions of the uniforms, ballcaps and warmup jackets for each season that was portrayed in the film. Of course, there can't be more than a couple of soccer nerds out there who would really care.
All the costume depart. for the movie had to do was call United's front office and they probably would have come up with some retro threads (for little or not out-of-pocket cost) that would have looked more credible than what they threw together for the film.
Saw the commercial on tv last night while my wife was watching something on some channel, it was very short and there was no audio or visual mention of soccer at all.
I've seen a short trailer and a long trailer. I don't think the short trailer has soccer in it at all.
The trailer I've seen online has his son driving on his lap with what seems to be a DC United shirt on - the trailer I have seen on TV only shows the dude in a (I assume) Celtic jersey
Wow -- The Post reviewer just shat all over this film. One of the most negative reviews I've ever seen. "Punishment." Hopefully, the next film to involve the team will be better.
He's probably just really steamed over the shorts not matching the shirt which clouded his feelings about the rest of the movie. Actually other than "hey cool look, a United jersey", I have not heard one good word about the movie.
So what your saying, is this can't "help" our global footprint? Here's to Luis Fabiano being a rom-com fam!
It has a 5.5 grad at IMDb, which is really average, specially considering it is a rom-com. There are two reviews, both tell the same thing although in different perspectives: 5 out of 7 people found the following review useful: A Pleasant Date Night Diversion, 4 December 2012 Author: markc14 from United States Just saw Playing for Keeps at a preview screening last night. Few script surprises in this stock-standard romantic comedy. If you didn't see the end coming in the first 20 minutes, you weren't paying attention. Still, a pleasant date night diversion nonetheless. Direction and photography were above average. All the actors played their parts up to the very limits of the script. Gerard Butler was quite believable in his role as the womanizing ex- soccer star ready to be a grownup. Female members of the audience voiced their approval of him right on cue throughout the movie. His lifelong real-world enthusiasm for soccer (particularly the Celtics) shone though in quite a number of scenes. The entourage of swooning soccer moms was also a treat to watch. Judy Greer stole the show in her role as Barb. Her mercurial mood changes were simply hilarious. Dennis Quaid's turn as a mysteriously wealthy local businessman and paranoid husband was a hoot. I can't recall many roles he's played that offered the peculiar mix of affable good guy/sinister bad guy seen here. Not a chance you'll see this film on stage at Oscar time, but it's worth the price of admission. Recommended. Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Save this one for DVD, 7 December 2012 Author: Melina Gunnett from Portland I came, I sat, I watched and... well that's about it. I don't have anything bad to say about the movie, but I don't really have anything good to say about it either. Playing for keeps was a pleasant enough love story, but there really wasn't much there to hold my attention. Maybe if I was a HUGE soccer fan... but probably not. The story was about a man, George (Gerard Butler), who screwed up his marriage and is trying to win back both his wife and son. Butler and Biel (who plays the ex-wife Stacie) both put in a good performance but I didn't feel any chemistry between them. The only character I felt any connection with was the kid, Lewis (Noah Lomax). Throughout the movie we kept hearing about how exciting and fun George was, but I failed to see it. Dennis Quaid does put in a fantastic performance as the reprehensible Carl.
Y'know the more and more I read this, I hope they incorporated into the plot of this film of the suck during his "tenure" on the team. Like, "Look Jaime was out of gas by then and Danny never made the right runs! I had to push myself... I just wish it didn't cost my knee... and our relationship." /cue Biel doe-eyes.
Come on. The guy is from Scotland! If it was me on his place (all the ladies, now, start to thank God reading this), people would talk about my fandom to Grêmio, instead. After all, I grew up going to games at the Olímpico. In 1996, I adoted United because I would like to support soccer in the USA; although I was a 15-year-old Brazilian that had no link to this country whatsoever. It was only this fall that I was able to go to the RFK. Huge fan, but my history with DCU is only starting...