Saturday Movies: Playing For Keeps (2012)

It seems Gerard Butler stars in everything. He stars in the actions, some dramas, but most notably he seems to really love the romantic ones, or at least he seems to be in many of them for some reason. Or either he is just really trying to run away from being type casted in 300 forever. The first thing I remember him being in was P.S. I Love You, which is a movie I will never understand the popularity of. With this being the first viewing of a movie from Gabriele Muccino there wasn't anything that stood out too hugely. Playing for Keeps basically just aims to be a nice, cute, sometimes funny movie.

George is a fallen soccer star who is finally wanting to get his life back on track. When he is offered the chance to coach his son's soccer team this seems like a good start, and especially something that will help him reconnect with his son. What ends up happening is that a few soccer moms begin hitting on him, and pursuing him for sex, even the wife of the man trying to finance him to coach. What he ends up in is a bunch of crazy triangles making it difficult for him to focus on getting his life together, especially so he can prove to his ex that he is trying to be more mature, and become the man to provide and protect his family.