It is unabashedly sentimental and, at times sincerely touching, mainly when Ice Cube and Palmer are alone together on the screen.

The most surprising thing about the inspirational sports movie The Longshots is not that there isn't already an inspirational sports movie with that exact name. The big shock is that the director Fred Durst -- and he doesn't do half bad.

A clich-riddled, warm and fuzzy, small-town sports drama.

Despite its roots in real life, much of The Longshots feels like Hollywood stirring the pot.