American romantic comedy (or RomCom) movie. The movie was directed by Gabriele Muccino and had popular star cast like Jessica Biel and Gerard Butler playing the lead roles and Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer and, Thurman as supporting actors.
Gerard Butler plays the role of George Dryer who is a former soccer player of Scottish origin and had played for DC United, Celtic and Liverpool, apart from playing for the Scotland national team at one point of time. He’s mostly viewed in his group as someone who’s well past his prime. He desperately attempts to raise some funds by doing away with his game memorabilia and also tries his hand at becoming a sports announcer. But majority of his efforts are met with mediocre responses.
‘Playing for Keeps’ is a fairly light film that managed to draw out impressive performances from its well-known star cast. Despite not being given a welcome response by a section of critics, it proved to be a success world over. It was in fact rated as one of the most loved comedy movies by many reputed ranking websites, including Gigaranking.com which rated it as one of the best comedies of 21st century!