A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly (George Clooney) is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks.
Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), America's prodigal son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. But if Dodge thinks this new champ is too good to be true, then Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) can prove that's the case.
A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who sniffs holes in Carter's war story. While she digs, however, the two teammates become off-field rivals for her affections. As the love triangle grows, Dodge fights to get the girl while he tries to keep his guys together. And if Connolly is certain of one thing...it's that you always keep one final play from the defense.
Production Casey Silver Productions; Internationale Scarena Filmproduktionsgesellschaft 1[de]; Outlaw Productions (I); Smoke House;
Cast Names Trey Moore; Maurice Nimmons; John (XLI) Allen; W. Scott Parker III; Richard Arboscello; Thomas Place; Don Calhoun; John Rutland; Jerry Cashman; Stefan Schuette; Tommy Scott; Tyler Lee Davis; Ryan Sloth; Dedan Donovan; Ron Stafford; William Stine; Richard Gaither; Anthony Garner; Rob G. Wise Sr.; Dennis Gomez; Kevin Woods; Mellie Boozer; Sandra Fields; Ray Hammack; Christy Johnson; Sandra W. Van Natta; Tim Holt; Ted Johnson; Bobby Jordan; Andrew R. Kaplan;
Box Office USD 31,199,215
Release Date 2008-03-24 (Maysville, Kentucky) (premiere) 2008-04-04
Genres Comedy; Drama; Romance; Sport;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.