- Content: “Sometimes a Win Comes Where You Least Expect It.”
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What You Need To Know:
With a strong moral worldview, HOME TURF is a wholesome and relatable story that is entertaining – even if the plotline is a little unrealistic —with no questionable elements to point out. The characters have great chemistry, and the situations are mostly realistic, even if they come together a little too perfectly. Otherwise, this is a delightful and entertaining romantic film, perfect for Thanksgiving family viewing. MOVIEGUIDE® finds HOME TURF appropriate for all ages.
Content:
(BB,D): Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements: A strong moral worldview with no real concerns, other than a somewhat unrealistic plot. All the characters are upstanding people. They have their flaws, but they work to make things right and treat each other with respect. Any issues are resolved in a positive, upstanding way. Characters learn to rely on others, to truly make something worth it. A character lives in the shadow of his father’s legacy and strives to live up to his model but learns to create his own playbook. Characters selfishly mess up but own up to mistakes and make a solid choice to fix it; Foul Language: No foul language; Sex: No sex. Tasteful romantic kissing scenes; Nudity: No nudity; Alcohol Use: No drinking or drunkenness shown. A bottle of champagne is opened but no drinking shown; Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse: No smoking or drugs; and, Miscellaneous Immorality: No miscellaneous immorality.
More Detail:
With a strong moral worldview, HOME TURF is a wholesome and relatable story that is entertaining – even if the plotline is a little unrealistic —with no questionable elements to point out. The characters have great chemistry, and the situations are mostly realistic, even if they come together a little too perfectly. Otherwise, this is a delightful and entertaining romantic film, perfect for Thanksgiving family viewing. MOVIEGUIDE® finds HOME TURF appropriate for all ages.
Cassidy is a young, ambitious woman from Boston who has secured her dream job as a college president. Her goal is to transform the college, but she is facing an uphill battle due to mismanagement by the previous leadership, including budgetary shortfalls. The arts program is on the chopping block, to Cassidy’s horror. She can delay the trustees for two weeks. Her assistant shows her the college magazine, and Cassidy is portrayed as uptight. Her “perfect” reputation is uptight and polarizing. She also notices the wealthy alumnus, Leo Farmsworth, on the cover. He has just sold his company and most likely needs a donation to offset the taxes. This is her opportunity to save the arts.
She arrives home to the very beautiful president’s historic mansion. She puts on classical music and uncorks a gift bottle of champagne. The next morning, her assistant calls to say a pipe burst, flooding the football team’s dorms, and that it will take five days to fix. They can relocate all but five students. Cassidy says she will call a neighboring college to see if they can house them temporarily.
Cassidy’s driveway is blocked by a neighboring sorority girl’s car. Forced to walk, she stops by a coffee stand on campus. She tells the lady that she has a crucial meeting with the trustees today. A skateboarder almost hits her, and she spills coffee on herself as a man catches her. They share a cute-meet moment.
In the meeting, the handsome man who caught her shows up, asking why his players have been displaced so far away. Cassidy says she has arranged for shuttles. He insists that it will cut into their training schedule, and he needs them to focus on team building to have a winning season. They argue about the importance of academics vs athletics at Whittendale. Her hands are tied with the housing shortage, but he mentions the president’s house has 10 empty bedrooms. She insists she needs the space as it is essential to college functions and hosting donors. But she agrees due to pressure to keep the football team winning and to help her reputation.
She finds Coach Logan in the gym. He says his job is also on the line and he needs the team to win. He promises she won’t even know they’re there. But they show up with a bang: a golf cart packed haphazardly and knocking over flowerpots. In the morning, they wake her loudly, practicing football in the backyard at six am. She comes down to find a disaster in her house: a student making a mountain of pancakes, a massive mess in the kitchen, no hot water, oat milk is gone, etc. She calls the coach to complain about how her life has been turned upside down. She and Logan sit down with the boys to discuss some ground rules, and Logan punishes them with pushups. However, the chaos persists as Cassidy is unable to complete her FaceTime with Mr. Farmsworth.
Cassidy and Logan work together with the boys to create a living situation for all of them, as the dorm will take longer than expected to complete. In the process, they all learn about the true meaning of teamwork and how to support one another in becoming better through love and care. Cassidy understandably has a hard time letting go of control, fearing reliance on others. Logan messes up quite a bit and must fix things on his own terms, not by the rulebook. The boys learn how to be respectful as they learn to be independent for the first time. All while working to save the budgetary problems at Whitmore with a solution that will require everyone’s help as a team.
