The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Love on the Sidelines
TV Movie · Romance · Comedy · 2016
A down-on-her-luck young woman who falls into a job as a personal assistant to a star quarterback sidelined with an injury. He's never had a female assistant before and she knows nothing about football.
Movie details
Love on the Sidelines
2016 TV Movie · Romance · Comedy 1h 24m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.7 / 10
3.9K votes
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
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A down-on-her-luck young woman who falls into a job as a personal assistant to a star quarterback sidelined with an injury. He's never had a female assistant before and she knows nothing about football.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Love on the Sidelines?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Terry Ingram
Written by
Judith Berg · Sandra Berg
Emily Kinney
Laurel Welk
John Reardon
Danny Holland
Joe Theismann
Owen Holland
Luisa d'Oliveira
Patty
Elise Gatien
Ava Holland
Victor Zinck Jr.
Ron Lucas
Barbara Tyson
Julie Holland
Court is in session
Put Love on the Sidelines on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.