Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date2012-11-29

Languageen

Runtime1h 46m

Budget$35,000,000

Revenue$30,962,335

Production

Evil Twins, Millennium Media, Eclectic Pictures, Nu Image, Misher Films, G-BASE

5.6(737)

•2012•1h 46m

Playing for Keeps

"This holiday season, what do you really want?"

Comedy Romance

Overview

A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.

Director

Gabriele Muccino

Writing & Screenplay

Robbie Fox

Cinematography

Peter Menzies Jr.

Principal Cast

39 credited

Catherine Zeta-JonesDenise

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