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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: It might as well be called refried, repeat, reworked, redone, redux, remade, regurgitated and however many other 're' terms you can come up with to describe a movie that can't be bothered to search for a single new idea. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Hollywood wants to know why audiences aren't rushing to the theaters these days. Rebound is a perfect example of why people stay home. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Rebound starts off bad, then tapers off. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A misbegotten mix of crude jokes, ludicrous fantasies and bland sentimentality. Read more
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: This is a stupid movie. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Goes along pleasantly. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... a dumb, cookie-cutter sports movie that knows nothing about sports and even less about comedy. Read more
Curtis Bunn, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: If you're a Martin Lawrence groupie, Rebound fulfills your appetite for all Martin all the time. But if you're seeking laughs with a story that moves, well, this is no Coach Carter. Read more
Scott Craven, Arizona Republic: There's nothing terribly wrong with Rebound, nor is there anything worth watching if you've seen The Bad News Bears and its various incarnations. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Painless but dull throughout. Read more
Michael Hardy, Houston Chronicle: Rebound's reiteration of the Mighty Ducks paradigm of kiddie sports movies often feels tediously academic as it scrambles to touch all the generic bases. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: A reasonably fun family comedy. Read more
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: The whole thing feels like a half-day of community service, which Lawrence walks through good-naturedly. Read more
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: Rebound doesn't break new ground in the kids-reform- the-big- bad-guy formula. But it does offer a fun if familiar ride, thanks to Mr. Lawrence's deadpan comedic talents and some cute misfit kids. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Rebound is a sports comedy so by-the-numbers that you don't really have to watch it -- you can just check in on it every once in a while between trips to the concession stand and the bathroom. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: I should be 6 years old right now. That way, I could enjoy Rebound without thinking about all the better movies made from its concept. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: You don't want to think too much about a movie like this. But neither do you necessarily want to support it. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: This movie feels like it was the product of some court-ordered community service. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Short on laughs, if supremely inoffensive, this sleepy nonentity of a movie finds Mr. Lawrence in his huggable teddy bear mode. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Rebound is almost the same movie as Coach Carter, played for Bad News Bears/ Mighty Ducks/Big Green/ Kicking and Screaming laughs. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I can't recommend the movie, except to younger viewers, but I don't dislike it. It's Coach Carter Lite, and it does what it does. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Not a single plot turn will come as a surprise. But the film does an admirable job of imparting a positive message without being preachy. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: So paint by numbers it should probably come with a free brush, the movie offers no surprises. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: With the bounceless Rebound, Martin Lawrence has managed the feat of transforming from razor-tongue Bad Boys comic into a cuddly Bill Cosby clone. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Bad News Bears is due out next month, and one wonders what's more derivative: a remake of an old movie or a brand-new movie that merely rehashes the same old story with different faces? Read more
Joshua Land, Village Voice: Lawrence coasts on star power, genially sending up his bad-boy persona. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: I remember that I actually did laugh, once. I just can't remember what I laughed at. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A lazy, by-the-numbers vehicle. Read more