| Product Summary | | Publisher: Foxvideo | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00024543217015 | | Buy.com Sku: 40725395 | | Item#: V26K4P | | Category Keywords: Theatrical Release | Rating:  |
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| | | A Slam Dunk Comedy!
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Pan and Scan (TV Format), English, Spanish, Subtitled
After an on-court meltdown, Roy (Martin Lawrence) is about to lose everything unless he can prove he can win games without losing his cool. Enter the Smelters, a wise-cracking junior high squad that's never won a game. Reluctantly taking on the team of hapless hoopsters, Roy uses his coaching magic to teach the kids the importance of dedication and teamwork on the hilarious road to the championship. Roy finds new love along the way, and rediscovers his first true love--basketball!
Editor's Note
In the tradition of THE BAD NEWS BEARS comes another family sports comedy, REBOUND. Martin Lawrence stars as superstar college basketball coach Roy McCormick, who is clearly more interested in his social status than he is in the game that made him famous. Unfortunately, when he accidentally kills the pet bird of the opposing team's mascot, he's suspended. The only way to make a return to the big time is if he is able to prove that he has his temper in check. Enter the bumbling players of McCormick's alma mater, Mt. Vernon Jr. High School, who goad McCormick into being their coach. The only trouble is that the last thing McCormick wants to do is coach a bunch of uncoordinated losers. Gradually, however, Coach McCormick begins to see the world differently when his players show signs of actual promise. And as he finds himself falling for the mother (Wendy Raquel Robinson) of his star player, Keith (Oren Williams), the life that he left behind doesn't seem so appealing anymore. Directed with flair by Steve Carr (DR. DOLITTLE 2, DADDY DAY CARE), REBOUND features an impressively toned-down Lawrence, as well as a slew of hilarious supporting turns (including Megan Mullally and Patrick Warburton).
| Features | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: Spanish & French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Storyboards | | Subtitles: English | | Theatrical Trailers | | Two Sided DVD With Widscreen And Fullscreen Formats |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 2/6/2007 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 2231701 | | UPC: 00024543217015 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 1.78:1/1.33:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | San Francisco Chronicle 6 of 10
No one will be talking about Rebound beyond next week -- few people are talking about it now -- but it's a cute change of pace for Martin Lawrence, in which the acerbic comedian gets to show a gentler side. Cast opposite a group of kids, as a hotshot basketball coach reduced to coaching a middle school team, Lawrence has warmth and authority. Here and there, he even gets the chance to be funny. - Mick LaSalle
Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
Rebound...is fun enough in a sweet but predictable way. It bears no resemblance to basketball as it is played and coached in the real world, and it is doubtful if even a school with a teacher played by Horatio Sanz would entrust its 13-year-olds with a mad-dog version of Bobby Knight. No matter. We wait complacently until the last second of the last minute of the final game of the season, confident that no matter how grim the situation looks, the underdog tradition of sports movies will be upheld. 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. - Roger Ebert
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