Monday, February 07, 2022
Home Team
This film is based on the true events surrounding Sean Payton’s one year suspension from coaching the New Orleans Saints football team & his subsequent joining his son’s school football team as the offensive coordinator. However, this film is played like an Adam Sandler comedy just for laughs, complete with costarring his old buddy Rob Schneider & Adam’s wife Jackie. Taylor Lautner plays the team’s head coach. I’m sure the story has been exaggerated to exploit the comedy & the more appealing struggling underdog angle (think Bad News Bears”). It’s an ok family film with your typical humorous set ups aimed towards kids. No one would ever believe a hard-driven NFL coach like Payton is properly represented by funny man Kevin James’ all to familiar comedic patterns.
Alien gives it 2½ “father/son bonding” stars out of 4.
