Film Review – The Roaring Game

Underdog cinema has seen its share of baseball, basketball, and football offerings. “The Roaring Game” hopes to delight audiences with its use of curling to help inspire a tale of losers aspiring to become winners through the trials of heated competition. It’s an unusual sport, but the feature isn’t anything new, with writer/director Tom DeNucci (who previously made the excretable “Johnny & Clyde”) trying to summon the spirits of the Farrelly Brothers for this comedy about the formation of a curling team and the heartache of its best player. The production goes big to land jokes, but nothing really develops in “The Roaring Game,” which is built with cliches and overacting, making for a long sit. Even the ways of curling can’t really save the picture, which spends too much time away from the ice to really celebrate the sport. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com