Rebound (2005) Critic Reviews
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Rebound is about as unmotivated as Coach Roy, doing nothing to distinguish itself from any other movie ever made about winless teams that learn to stop losing.Read the full review
The whole thing feels like a half-day of community service, which Lawrence walks through good-naturedly.Read the full review
Scores a few chuckles while following a familiar game plan.Read the full review
Predictable yet passably entertaining.Read the full review
I can't recommend the movie, except to younger viewers, but I don't dislike it. It's "Coach Carter" Lite, and it does what it does.Read the full review
Even without surprises, or drama, or clever dialogue, or even a single scene of any merit, Rebound goes along pleasantly.Read the full review
It'd be tempting to accuse Rebound of neutering Lawrence, but the sad fact is that Martin Lawrence doesn't have a whole lot of comic genius to betray.Read the full review
If I were 6, I could enjoy Rebound without thinking about all the better movies made from its concept.Read the full review
Short on laughs, if supremely inoffensive, this sleepy nonentity of a movie finds Mr. Lawrence in his huggable teddy bear mode.Read the full review
The players fall into recognizable stereotypes: the big and clumsy kid, the real talent who's also a showoff, the buffoon, the gross-out guy. But no one is more formulaic than the coach. He starts out smug with the kids and ends up smitten.Read the full review
