Pros: Melissa Rauch shines as the foul-mouthed former gymnast, Hope Ann Greggory. She managed to win an Olympic bronze in the all-around before a career ending injury ruins her career. She's forced to coach up and coming star, Maggie Townsend (Haley Lu Richardson, great) and while she tries to sabotage Maggie at first, she eventually truly helps Maggie even though her methods are a bit odd and unorthodox, but she gets results. While the plot might be tired and true, the acting is great and some of the characters are certainly unique, which keeps this film entertaining.
Cons: The ending where Maggie leaves to train in California with the horrid Lance Tucker (Sebastian Stan) and just forgets her hometown of Amherst, Ohio, is a little odd, especially since she turned him down earlier in the film; that was a bit out of left field for me and ruined an otherwise solid screenplay.
Recommend: Probably, though it is incredibly crass at times
Grade: B
Side Notes:
-The supporting cast is solid and includes Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch and Cecily Strong.
-Hope Ann is a hometown hero and milks that for all its worth.
-I suspected that the suicide note was a fraud and it was. However, Stan (Cole) should have suspected Hope Ann would have found out the truth.
-It's a miracle Maggie didn't fail that drug test with all that pot in her system.
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