# Playing for Keeps (2012)

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**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Gabriele Muccino
**Written by**: Robbie Fox
**Starring**: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Iqbal Theba, Sean O'Bryan

> *This holiday season, what do you really want?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The calendar flips to summer, the perfect time for a washed-up athlete to pretend coaching kids is a comeback. He takes over his son’s soccer team, vowing to rebuild himself while pretending he’s not failing elsewhere. By Labor Day everyone is still standing, just not in the formation promised.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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