Sam Rockwell is one of our favorite actors, so it pains us to see him wasted in what looks to be your generic burnout-coaches-ragtag-team-of-kid-misfits-to-a-championship movie. Sigh.
Anyway, the trailer for “The Winning Season” has landed and it hits every note in this genre with a dull thud. Not even Rob Corddry, who is unrealistically playing a high school principal here, can save what looks like a very safe run through some very tepid material. We can only hope that the film written and directed by James C. Strouse (“Grace Is Gone”) is actually a bit more interesting that the trailer cut for his film.
“The Winning Season” begins its limited release on September 3rd.