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CAST & DIRECTOR
Directed by Kathleen Welch Markel. With Julianne Hough, Matthew Lamb, Cora Craver.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
In the fall of 1983, as their beloved college football team vies for the National Championship, a fatherless 12-year-old boy and his tomboy neighbor embark on a quest for his 'manhood'.
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RELEASE SNAPSHOT
MoviHero lists October 23, 2026 as the release date for Going for Two. Kathleen Welch Markel is the listed director. The listed cast includes Julianne Hough as Louise Moriarty, Matthew Lamb as Jimmy, Cora Craver as Frankie, Holly J. Barrett as Molly. A trailer is available on this page.
BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY
Pacing, attention and emotional impact are estimates from the current MoviHero Watch Profile, not verified scene-by-scene reviews.
Going for Two runs 1h 36m. Allow extra time for breaks.
The current MoviHero pacing estimate is 5/10: a middle-ground pace.
The attention estimate is 5/10. Expect to follow the story rather than use it as background viewing.
The emotional-impact estimate is 5/10, suggesting a moderate emotional load. This does not tell you whether the ending is happy or sad.
MOVIE RATING
MoviHero estimate: 7.3/10. Provisional MoviHero estimate based on genre averages from 642 rated movies in our catalog. Small genre samples are pulled toward the catalog average. This is not an audience rating or a review of this movie; its eventual rating may differ substantially.
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WHAT WATCHING IT FEELS LIKE
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