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'The Game Plan'
Rated PG for some mild thematic elements
Johnson stars as an egomaniacal football quarterback whose run toward a championship hits complications when he becomes caretaker to the 8-year-old daughter (Madison Pettis) he never knew he had.
Director Andy Fickman and screenwriters Nichole Millard and Kathryn Price deliver a prolonged series of klutzy, inept dad gags and scenarios, all leading to the inevitable warm fuzzies you knew were coming before you walked into the theater.
But finally, we do get the chance to watch The Rock coo "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" then dance with little girls in tutus to Electric Light Orchestra's "Mr. Blue Sky." PG for some mild thematic elements.
• In wide release
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