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    • Being a good sport is more important than winning.

    The antagonist, who must win all the time no matter what, suffers the consequences of this unrelenting behavior. Jake's father teaches the importance of doing your best no matter how it turns out in the end, because people value the efforts of "underdogs" more than those who must win all the time and gloat about it and display poor sportsmanship. Some bullying -- verbal and physical.

    A boy is slapped hard in the face by a girl when he picks his nose. Cartoon pratfall violence -- one boy kicks another in the crotch, a man is hit in the crotch with a soccer ball. The ugliness of the rats in the junkyard might be too nightmarish for younger or more sensitive viewers. The antagonist says to the love interest of the protagonist, "Should we go to my place or yours? A character says he can "smell the load now. Parents need to know that Underdogs is a computer-animated film in which miniature foosball soccer players come to life to help a boy defeat an egomaniacal bully both on and off the soccer field.

    The movie's message -- that it's better to try your best and be a good sport no matter what happens than it is to win all the time by any means necessary -- comes through loud and clear. The bullying antagonist suffers the consequences of his win-at-all-costs attitude. There is some iffy humor throughout: Add your rating See all 1 parent review. Add your rating See all 1 kid review.

    The players on the board come to life, and they will stop at nothing to help Jake stop Ace from destroying the town, stealing Laura, and defeating Jake and his ragtag group of local volunteers at a final soccer match to determine who the "winner" really is -- Jake or Ace.

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    While it isn't a Pixar movie, this film does an entertaining take on the by-now familiar Pixar formula. Unlikely objects -- in this case, foosball players -- come to life and are voiced by known performers in this case, John Leguizamo and Bobby Moynihan , among others who provide comic relief by talking in exaggerated accents and dialects while a bigger message about not being a bully and being a good sport emerges.

    And like a Pixar movie, Underdogs has excellent animation, character voices that aren't cringe-worthy, and a ton of creativity. While some of the iffy humor and cartoon pratfall violence make this a bit much for young kids, older kids and parents will find much to enjoy in the story, style, and humor. The sullen and silent teen character named "Emo" alone is worth repeated chuckles.

    Also, without spoiling anything, the movie's ending offers a creative twist on sports movie endings and does a nice job of tying in the movie's overall message. What was the message? What were the ways in which it was communicated? Was the end of the movie what you expected? How is it similar to and different from other sports-themed movies in which a game goes down to the wire?

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