Champions (2023)

Hothead assistant coach gets fired from his minor league basketball job, gets a DUI, and is assigned to 90 days of community service as the coach for a team with intellectual disabilities. The cast is comprised of actors who actually have the disabilities their characters do, which is commendable. But, with Harrelson in the lead, I expected there to be more of an edgy storyline as he learns how to coach in a different way. Instead, he's almost effortlessly patient with this demographic even though he dropped the the r-word at sentencing. 

Feel-good? Yep. Believable in any way? Nope.

C+

Indiscreet (1958)

Stage actress Anna meets suave banker Philip and they are drawn to each other immediately. He discloses up front that that he's married and cannot divorce, but both are willing to move forward with the relationship anyway. Soon they're either with each other daily or on the phone when they can't be. 

I'm not sure why this left me so cold. It's based on a stage play and kind of feels that way: lots of talk and many, many scenes in Anna's living room. I had trouble feeling any sparks between the pair -- perhaps it was that they were a tad too old for me to believe either would allow themselves to fall head over heels when there's no future. Also, the comedy here is more of the "polite chuckle" variety (though I don't think I ever even cracked a smile).

It's not terrible, but there are just so many films that do romance, comedy and chemistry better, there's just no reason to bother with this one.

C

Send Help (2026)

Despite her social awkwardness and frumpy appearance, Linda is really, really good at her job. But when the owner of her company dies and his frat-bro son Bradley takes the helm, she's passed over for a promised promotion and is tasked with proving her worth on a business trip... which is interrupted by a plane crash killing everyone on board except Linda and Bradley.

On the island, Linda's survivalist skills help her turn the tables on her useless boss. It's basically like a dumbed-down Triangle of Sadness.

C