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This early 90's effort is arguably Rodney Dangerfield's last truly great comedy. He's in top form in this one as an engaged working class guy who agrees to coach the "Ladybugs" girls soccer team to finagle a promotion from his boss & better support his future wife (Ilene Graff). Soon, he discovers how deep over his head he's in---the team is a disaster. That is, until he convinces his teenage future son--who has natural skill as a player--to don drag as new member "Martha" & whip the team into shape. So it sort of functions as a "Tootsie" on a soccer field as both must keep up the charade in order to have a winning season & impress the boss with his coaching.
Jackee Harry gives fine comic support as Rodney's sassy assistant, and even the late child actor Jonathan Brandis has some very good moments. Highlights: A scandalously hilarious bit in a girl's dressing room; Brandis frantically switching from boy clothes to drag (several times) when both his Mom and the girl on the team he likes are under the same roof; Rodney donning drag himself to rescue Brandis from a potentially disasterous "skinny dipping" session with the girls; Rodney rattling off some of his one-liners in traditional fashion; the soccer action sequences; Rodney finally standing up to his boss with the great line, "What good is it to be the best when it brings out the worst in you?"; and Rodney's unforgettable closing gag (I won't spoil it for you!).
A fun & breezy comedy, "Ladybugs" definitely scores!
Ladybugs [Blu-ray] Overview
Comedy legend Rodney Dangerfield is at the top of his game as Chester, a salesman looking for a little respect…and a big job promotion. To impress his boss, Chester becomes the coach of the company-sponsored girls’ soccer team, the Ladybugs. But when Chester and his assistant coach (Jackée) see their woefully unskilled players, they realize the Ladybugs are going to get squashed! Chester decides the team needs a girl who plays like a boy, so he secretly enlists his fiancée’s son, Matthew (Jonathan Brandis), to become Martha, the Ladybugs’ newest member. With his harebrained plan in place, Chester figures he has a shot at winning the championship and saving his career...or losing everything!
Rodney was one of the great ones and this movie proves it. - Gift Card -
This film has to be one of Rodney Danfield's best films of all time just to receive recognition for an older movie to come back on Blu Ray is an honor but this movie is definately worth it. The funny part of this movie is not the story line because it not the best story of all time like an Avatar but its the hilarious side jokes here and there that lets you know why Rodney is so funny. His timing on jokes are flawless, the way he gets out of trouble here and there during the movie is priceless. Even the comments that he had against other soccer coaches during the film. One scene the ladybugs were lossing very bad during the game and the assistant coach said "we still got a chance" and Rodney said "Some chance, like a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest." Now see you gotta laugh at something like that because the movie is full of little side jokes like it you dont see that type of comedy today and if you do you at least know where its origins started from.
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