Champions (2023)

PG-1303/09/2023Comedy, Drama2h 4m

Every dream team starts somewhere.

Overview

A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Woody Harrelson

    Marcus

  2. Cast 1

    Kaitlin Olson

    Alex

  3. Cast 1

    Cheech Marin

    Julio

  4. Cast 1

    Matt Cook

    Sonny

  5. Cast 1

    Ernie Hudson

    Coach Phil Peretti

  6. Cast 1

    Madison Tevlin

    Cosentino

  7. Cast 1

    Joshua Felder

    Darius

  8. Cast 1

    Kevin Iannucci

    Johnny

  9. Cast 1

    Ashton Gunning

    Cody

Have you seen "The Shiny Shrimps" (2019)? Well this reminded me very much of that comedy effort as Woody Harrelson portrays the disgraced basketball coach "Marcus". After one altercation too many on the court, he is ordered by a judge to do some community service coaching a group of young children with learning difficulties. Right from the start, he hates the idea. They have precious little team skills, hand-eye co-ordination, and the only one who is any way competent refuses to have anything to do with him. Luckily, "Johnny" (Kevin Iannucci) has a big sister "Alex" (Kaitlin Olson) who manages...