The Game Plan Reviews

The Game Plan is a comedy film about rich and famous bachelor quarterback, Joe Kingman (The Rock), and his misadventures with his newly discovered daughter (Madison Pettis).

The film opened to dismal reviews. Although some critics liked The Rock's performance, many found Pettis's performance "overplayed." They also thought the plot was "artificial" and "insipid."

Still, The Game Plan succeeded at the box office, grossing over $137 million worldwide.

• "[I]t's painless, especially if you have a small child in tow, and the Rock, bless his heart, acts like it's all new to him." - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe

• "If you're going to call your movie 'The Game Plan,' it would probably be wise to actually have one." - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

• "The lesson seems to be, 'Think you can't have it all? You can!' Which, as we know, is what parenting is all about." - Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly

• "There is less of a story here than a series of gag situations..." - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

• PluggedIn Online: The Game Plan Review
  • "The Game Plan speaks very clearly about the value of children and the importance of good parenting."
• The Austin Chronicle: The Game Plan Review (3/4)
  • "So the movie's got something new and different going for it. Not much, but something, and it's just enough to keep you interested and vulnerable. "
• Christianity Today: The Game Plan Review
  • "As comedies go, "The Game Plan" is strictly by the playbook, but Johnson is game for anything, and he does a fine job of entertaining the child in all of us."

• Cinematical: The Game Plan Review
  • "The Game Plan was so numbingly, charming similar to Disney family films from years gone by I thought I might have fallen through a wormhole."
• NYDailyNews.com: The Game Plan Review (1.5/4)
  • "If you're going to call your movie "The Game Plan," it would probably be wise to actually have one."
• New York Post: The Game Plan Review (1/4)
  • "The first warning sign arrives with the opening credits of "The Game Plan": the main character is an Elvis fan."

• Variety: The Game Plan Review
  • ''Every bit as formulaic as its generic ad art suggests, "The Game Plan" sticks close to the playbook for family-friendly laffers."
• A.V. Club: The Game Plan Review
  • "Parents can sit through the whole thing with a minimum of winces and groans. It's solidly average, but also solidly harmless."