This Labor Day weekend presents the perfect the opportunity for families to sit back, relax and enjoy a family movie night together. On Saturday, September 3rd at 8PM ET/7PM CT on NBC, Wal-Mart and P&G are launching the latest Family Movie Night film called Game Time: Tackling the Past.
Pro football star Jake Walker is living the dream… or so he thinks. The veteran tight end is a fan favorite and on pace to set the all-time receiving yards record that will guarantee him a spot in the Hall of Fame. While working out at training camp, Jake receives an unexpected call from his brother Dean – their father Frank has suffered a major heart attack. Jake immediately leaves practice and returns to Riverton, North Carolina, the small hometown he’s avoided for nearly 15 years. Memories of glory and regret flood his mind as he returns to the family and friends he abandoned in pursuit of his career. Jake dutifully visits with Frank and Dean, but hurt and misunderstanding from the past begins to resurface, leaving him counting the days until he can return to his team.
A second unexpected call, this time from his agent, delivers Jake another crushing blow. His contract is not being renewed amid concerns about his surgically repaired knee. Suddenly, the life Jake knows is over. To avoid the media circus around this news, Jake reluctantly decides to extend his stay in Riverton. Attempting to make the best of the situation, he begins reconnecting with the community that once revered him. Jake is reintroduced to Sarah, his high school sweetheart, and helps Dean take over their father’s high school coaching job.
Surprisingly impacted by the people around him, the real Jake begins to emerge from behind his armor to see that life is much more than the accumulation of personal stats. But when Jake’s offered a lucrative new contract to play for another team, he is forced to decide whether to go back to the career he thought he loved, or stay in Riverton and embrace the people who always believed in him.
Besides the realistic portrayals of caring parents by award-winning actors, Catherine Hicks and Beau Bridges, the movie gives an accurate view of the dynamics within a family, including perceived sibling rivalry, sibling preference, and the complex relationship between a father and his son.
One of the important life lessons that emerge from the movie is that even with success, money and fame…none of it can bring true happiness and fulfillment. I think many children, especially boys, watching the film will quickly take to the glamorous lifestyle of a professional football player. Kids often idolize sports and entertainment figures but rarely see the “other” side of the lifestyle that is not shown in the media.
Communication between family members is key in this movie and shows how difficult it can be for fathers and sons to open up about their feelings and over issues that happened in the past that now still affect their relationship with one another. The movie is great reminder about what really matters in life…love, honesty, sportsmanship, friendship and family.
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Sounds like a great family friendly film and just in time when everyone is on vacation for the Labor Day weekend. I will tune in. Thanks!
Looks like a good movie!
Thanks for the post…we will be watching on Saturday.
Glad that Walmart is doing a family movie night…we need more of them. 🙂
We had pizza and family movie night last night…Guess who the last one standing was? Yup, the 7-year-old.
I recorded this to watch tonight. Looks like a good movie!