Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2013

A bankrupt former soccer star tries to worm his way back into the affections of his ex-wife by coaching his son’s peewee team, but his efforts are hampered by all those horny soccer moms throwing themselves at him (whom he accommodates; this was originally titled Playing the Field). I can understand the increasingly tiresome Gerard Butler being in this kind of sappy-happy family crap, but Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid should know better. And the kid’s annoying. Here come the adjectives: lazy, valueless, predictable, misogynistic and dismaying.