'Playing For Keeps': 5 Reasons To Go See It

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‘Playing For Keeps’ is a fun, romantic comedy that everyone should go see this holiday season!

Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dennis Quaid and Uma Thurman all star in Playing For Keeps, a fun, soccer movie that sees Gerard in one of his most likable roles to date. HollywoodLife.com was invited to the premiere by Open Roads Film and Film District, so check out our five reasons to go see it. Plus, watch the trailer!

Our top five reasons to go see Playing For Keeps.

#1 Gerard Butler is often topless:

Gerard takes his shirt off a lot in this movie, and he looks good! He plays the former soccer star George Dryer, who once played for Scotland but now resides in suburban Virginia. He is washed up and unemployed until he finds himself coaching his son’s soccer team, and as a soccer coach he is required to take his shirt off. Often! Gerard’s toned torso is a highlight of the movie.

#2 Judy Greer is hysterical:

Judy Greer plays one of the many soccer moms who wants to get into George’s pants. And will she succeed? I won’t tell you! But her neuroses and tears at the thought of dating turns her role as a supporting character into a starring lead. Plus, she makes online dating look like a lot of fun, instead of the scary thing that it is perceived to be.

#3 Iqbal Theba and his “accent”:

Iqbal Theba is best known to most people as Principal Figgins in Glee, but in this movie he plays George’s tired landlord, who does not have the same success with the ladies as George, even though he “has an accent too.”

#4 Gerard’s love pentagon:

In the movie, viewers minds will be boggled by all the ladies George is romantically involved with! I don’t wanna spoil too much, but George is linked to all four leading actresses. Which one will he end up with? You will have to go see the movie to find out!

#5 The Ferrari:

George spends a considerable amount of time in this movie driving Dennis’s Ferrari and its awesome! For all the girls who are thinking about dragging their boyfriends to the film, at least there will be something for them to feast their eyes on — and I don’t mean Gerard’s torso!

What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Are you planning to go see Playing For Keeps?

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– Eleanore Hutch

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UPDATE -I saw Playing For Keeps. The movie has its flaws but is much better than most critics are giving it credit for. Mr Butler gave one of the most emotionally nuanced performances of his career and Mae is right about the shirtless scene. I repeat her question. Did you actually see the movie?

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Gerry is shirtless in one brief scene which goes by in about 2 seconds, not on the field at all. I’m wondering if you even saw the movie?

Thanks for this! I’ve been interested in seeing Playing For Keeps since I saw the trailer, but this is one of the only positive posts about it I’ve come across. A couple of my DISH co-workers invited me to go see it with them this weekend, but I think I’d rather not spend the money right now. I’m planning to add it to my Blockbuster @ Home queue instead, since I have that through my DISH account. That way it’ll just show up in my mailbox once it’s out on DVD and I won’t have to go out of my way to seek it out. Plus, when I’m done watching it, I can return it to the Blockbuster store down the street from my apartment for another movie in my queue. Everything about it is so convenient.

That’s all you had to say about Gerard Butler’s role? He takes his shirt off? Not that anyone objects to shirtless Gerry but, according to some critics, he also gave one of the most sensitive, well rounded performances of his career so far.