# El Reto (2001)

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**Original title**: *Hardball*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Brian Robbins
**Written by**: John Gatins
**Starring**: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, Michael B. Jordan, D. B. Sweeney, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne

> *The most important thing in life is showing up*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Basketball meets The Wire as a deadbeat hustler coaches a Little League team in Cabrini Green to cover his gambling debt. The kids hustle him harder than he hustled them.
Features Keanu Reeves fronting the chaos with a crooked grin.

**Mood tags**: outsider, raw

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