welcome back to movie recaps today i
will show you a comedy drama film from
2018 titled champions
spoilers ahead watch out and take care
it's another morning in spain and marco
is starting it with the wrong foot when
he leaves his home he finds a traffic
officer maron leaving a parking ticket
on his car window
instead of accepting his mistake he
insults marin for being disabled and
discards the ticket before driving away
marco is assistant coach for an
important basketball team that is
playing today but things continue to go
wrong there his mother hasn't come to
see him as usual the team is playing
horribly and the coach won't listen to
marco's suggestion to improve their
gameplay getting increasingly irritated
marco begins insulting the coach which
gets him kicked out of the court marco
refuses to accept this and pushes the
coach almost starting a fight but the
men are quickly separated and marco is
forced to leave while the crowd boos him
the incident appears on the news later
and marco sees them on the tv at the bar
he's getting drunk at
afterward he drives while inebriated and
breaks a police car side mirror making
things worse when the officer pulls him
over and marco hits the police car with
his own the whole incident sends him to
spend the night in jail and the next
morning he's put on a quick trial
judge victoria reads all the charges
which include damaging police property
driving drunk insulting the officer and
resisting arrest and marco complains
against half of them which irritates the
judge who is tempted to add contempt to
the list
as punishment he will have to pay for
all the damage he's caused his driving
license will be suspended for two years
and he'll have to do community work for
three months otherwise the alternative
is spending a year and a half in jail
after the trial is done marco goes back
to work only to find out he's been fired
his attitude has been a problem for a
while and this has been the last straw
the next day marco learns what his
community work assignment is he'll have
to couch a basketball team formed by
players with intellectual disabilities
once again marco protests and uses quite
offensive language to refer to these
people earning him more dislike from
victoria
later while telling his mother amparo
about it she doesn't let him drink wine
as if he was a kid that couldn't control
himself
when marco gets a call and sees it from
his ex he ignores it but amparo wishes
the two of them would make up because
she's tired of having her son living in
her house again
marco's ex is sonya who works at a
uniform store and keeps daydreaming
about the idea of having her own
children every time she sees a kid on
the streets the next day marco goes to
the community center he'll be working at
which is in a rather sorry state the
director julio is honored to have such
an important public figure with them and
explains their basketball team barely
feels like a team at all because they
keep losing their coaches he also thinks
marco has volunteered to be there and
that he is a friend of victorious whose
nephew is part of the team
marco's original plan is to only train
an hour once a week but when victoria
calls to check things are going well she
scolds him for doing the minimum so he
has no other choice but to change the
schedule to two hours of training every
tuesday and thursday plus matches on
saturdays
afterward marco meets the members of the
team juan ma sergio jesus benito fabian
roman manuel victoria's nephew paquito
and marin the traffic officer
roman is a good player that quickly
shows marco he knows what he's doing but
the other eight are a complete disaster
they can't understand direct
instructions because they take them too
literally derail every conversation with
silly arguments and barely know how to
hold a ball benito for example keeps
trying to shoot the ball from across the
court while looking the other way only
causing the ball to hit the furniture
not to mention marco doesn't know how to
deal with the quirks of their
disabilities sergio sometimes freezes
with his mouth open and they have to
wait for him to come back wanwa keeps on
trying to hug marco while smelling
terrible because he doesn't like to
shower paquito sometimes speaks in
mumbled noises and marin wears formal
shoes and a head protector after the
training session is done marco goes to
complain to julio saying that these guys
aren't normal and don't even know how to
run
julio reminds him that nobody gets to
decide what normal is and besides they
don't expect to win any tournaments they
just want to feel like a team and be
able to participate at all if they don't
know how to run then marco should start
there a few hours later marco goes to a
bar to have a drink with his friend and
former co-worker yvonne
he confesses he and sonia haven't spoken
in a while and after repeatedly
commenting what a pity that is because
sonia is very hot yvonne tells marco he
should have some fun and get a new lover
because sonia probably already has one
the next training session marco decides
to go back to the basics like running
but even this proves to be difficult
when he tells the team to follow the
line on the floor they do it so
literally that they don't turn at the
corners and run out of the room
getting really frustrated with the team
after practice is over marco goes to see
victoria and accuses her of having used
her position to assign a renowned coach
to train her nephew but victoria quickly
proves her wrong she explained she
doesn't choose the destinations if it
had been up to her she would have sent
marco to a hospital to work with
disabled people that are now in
wheelchairs because of irresponsible
drunk drivers the next morning a very
excited julio wakes up marco at 6 30 in
the morning to tell him the team has
been able to sign up for the local
competition thanks to finally having a
proper coach
meanwhile yvonne pretends to bump into
sonia by accident when he's actually in
the area on purpose to talk to her he's
a bit disappointed to hear sonja doesn't
remember him but he still sticks to his
plan he tells her all the things that
have been going on in marco's life then
asks her to join him for a drink under
the excuse he's there to comfort her
sonja only accepts to go to the bar on
saturday which is the day vaughn usually
hangs out with marco and she asks yvonne
not to tell marco she'll go too so he
can't avoid her anymore
however yvonne wants to be alone with
her so he texts marco to cancel between
this and a bad article about him in the
newspaper marco is feeling rather lonely
so he tries his best to concentrate on
the training for the tournament because
he hates losing
sergio ends up breaking the lights but
at least the team is starting to
understand marco's instructions better
now
after practice is over he talks to roman
privately telling him the team is
pathetic but he isn't like the others
roman doesn't take these words well and
leaves without saying anything or even
letting marco finish whatever he has to
say
later at home marco pretends to be
asleep to avoid his mother's questioning
but she comes closer anyway just to
check if he's been drinking
amparo tells him he should care about
his team more and reminds him that his
old school coach didn't believe in him
either which is why she had a talk with
him and slapped him
marco is shocked to hear this and
understands now that's the reason why he
was expelled from the team but amparo
insists it was because the coach
couldn't see how talented he was which
marco finds ironic because she's never
seen him played in her life
little by little training sessions start
getting better the team can handle the
ball properly at least
roman hasn't shown up though and marco
is upset to hear from julio that he quit
the team while complaining about the
team again he sees benito get on a
scooter and drive perfectly which
surprises him julio reminds him he
shouldn't judge the team for their
disabilities because they all have lives
and are capable of many things benito
lives alone and works in a restaurant
fabian works as a gardener and takes
excellent care of the plants jesus is a
mechanic that even takes apprentices and
has his own band pequito and sergio work
in packaging departments at factories
and juan ma works in a shelter but
that's not the reason why he smells he
almost drowned as a kid so now he's
afraid of water meanwhile sonia
continues to deal with her co-workers
eternal rants
today he's complaining about his sister
who wanted to borrow his caravan but he
refused because he's sure she would
break it however he admits he would one
day lend it to sonia because he knows
she would never ask for it the day of
their first tournament match finally
comes and marco has to make a great
effort to make the team understand they
must wear the blue uniform not the red
in the end sergio and jesus were red
anyway and benito doesn't show up
because his boss didn't agree to let him
out early and continues to treat him
like dirt there are various mishaps
during the match and marco gets jealous
of the other team's couch because he
directs them with proper basketball
terms so he starts doing the same
this prompts marin to point out they
understand him better when he speaks
clearly and directly to them
the team ends up losing but at least
they don't make an embarrassment out of
themselves
after the match marco goes to his usual
bar in a surprise to find ivan there
since in theory he couldn't come
sonia arrives shortly after two and
yvonne lets them speak in private she's
been worried about marco because he
won't answer her calls and marco finally
admits he was afraid of talking to her
he left their home because he wanted to
leave on his own terms instead of
waiting for her to kick him out sonia
doesn't understand why he thought she
would do such a thing since she adores
him but after having a sweet moment the
reason quickly comes to light when sonja
mentions wanting to have a baby with his
eyes he gets angry because he thinks she
came to pressure him on the subject
since she knows he doesn't want to have
kids
she calls him a peter pan that runs from
responsibilities and refuses to grow up
and in turn marco calls her a failed
actress that only knows how to work in
her mother-in-law shop
hurt sonja leaves the bar and refuses to
answer his calls when he tries to
contact her later
marco concentrates on training the team
which is showing great improvement now
they're able to pass and shoot the ball
without much trouble
one afternoon they find a mouse in the
shower and juanma wants marco to save it
instead of doing so marco reminds him
that he's the animal expert and the only
one that can help the poor mouse so he
manages to put juan ma under the shower
regardless of his fear juan ma soon gets
used to it and even begins using soap
coming to accept he does like washing up
after he's clean marco finally accepts a
hug from him while their first match was
in their own court for the next one they
must travel to the opposite team's place
but the community center doesn't have
any kind of transport so they'll have to
take the bus that day they'll also get
to meet roman's replacement kalantes a
short girl with a big attitude she's
rude quick to curse and wastes no time
in calling marco a spoilsport once again
benito couldn't come because his boss
wouldn't give him the free time and
during the bus ride juan ma entertains
himself by singing annoying the rest of
the passengers
the match itself starts rather poorly
the opposite team has a star player that
marco can't believe is disabled kelanti
is sure she can stop him so marco allows
her to play but her tactics are dirty
her plan to stop this player isn't
defensive it's actually kicking him in
the groin
such plan may be unfair and immoral but
marco can't argue with the efficacy
because with that player out of the game
they managed to obtain their first
victory on their trip back the team is
high on adrenaline and becomes extra
annoying kelanti's manuel and fabian
tease marco because sonia doesn't answer
his texts and his mother doesn't come to
see the games paquito keeps bothering
the driver wanma keeps on singing marin
pukes in a paper bag and when sergio
spitball hits the driver instead of his
friend the man finally is done with them
and leaves them on the side of the road
getting frustrated as well marco decides
to give up on them when he arrives home
marco decides to visit sonia and is
shocked to hear groaning coming from his
old room
for a moment he thinks she's with a new
lover but turns out she's just
practicing boxing as soon as they see
each other they begin arguing and sonia
is disappointed to hear marco is already
quitting because he doesn't want to be
like a father for grown men that behave
like kids
when she hears about all the excuses he
is not to travel to the next matches
sonia offers herself as their driver
promising to borrow her co-workers
caravan
now they have their own vehicle their
trips are much more fun
they play games sing chit chat and
overall bond while on the road and sonia
is quickly accepted by the team
sometimes she has advice for the game
tactics and while marco at first isn't
happy to be told what to do he begins
listening and realizing he can depend on
her soon their relationship begins to
heal and the team starts to win every
match the news begins covering their
success and even after the mandate 90
days are over marco stays with the team
the only issue they're having is that
benito is still not allowed to join them
during official games their winning has
gotten the attention of a very special
person roman who sometimes comes by to
watch them play
marco's old boss also comes to watch a
game and surprisingly he seems to know
rahman
one day after the game is over marco
approaches roman and apologizes for what
he said the day ages ago
the team has made it to the finals and
he would like roman to play with them
but he leaves without giving marco an
answer
afterward he talks to sonia to ask her
to get back together and sonia only
accepts if he agrees to expand their
family marco still hesitates because a
baby is a delicate subject and he's
afraid that since they're in their 40s
the kid could be born with a disability
upset sonja leaves and marco is then
approached by marin who overheard the
conversation he understands not wanting
to have a disabled child but he thinks
any kid in his situation would be lucky
to have a father like marco when they
return home marco is met with more bad
news the team can't play the final match
because it's on the canary islands which
entails a very expensive hotel and a
trip by plane julio has already
explained this to the team and believes
they understand but the truth is their
mood is down and they go through their
daily routines with a very depressing
attitude marco refuses to give up and
goes to see sonia saying he needs an
actress and that he has a plan
after borrowing some police uniforms
from the shop the two of them pretend to
be officers and pay a visit to benito's
boss claiming to have proof that he's
been mistreating benito desperate not to
lose his business the man accepts to
allow benito to go to the matches and to
pay a high fine and this is the money
marco uses to take the team to the
finals julio sonia and even roman go
with them when they arrive at the hotel
the team learns about marco's fear of
elevators because of an accident he had
when he was a child
following the same way he pushed juan ma
into the shower the team pushes marco
into the elevator with them to cure his
fear
at first marco panics especially when
one of the boys presses the wrong button
and the elevator starts going down very
fast but when they finally come out
everyone laughs at the prank and marco
can only join them in their glee
later marco calls his mom who he
believes is on a spiritual retreat
however he can hear her voice nearby and
he's shocked to find out she's actually
in the same hotel enjoying a vacation
with her domestic worker the next day on
their way to the game julio tells marco
that roman is a paralympic medalist but
his medal was taken away and he almost
ended his life because of how badly he
took it the year he won it was
discovered that some players weren't
disabled so the organization took back
all the medals including romans
this is why he doesn't trust coaches
nowadays the final match finally begins
and both teams play extremely well
keeping a draw on the scoreboard for the
entire game when there are only 10
seconds left for the match to end
marco's team needs only two points to at
least finish with a tie but benito
instead of doing a safe move for those
two points goes to the opposite end of
the court and tries for a three-pointer
unfortunately he misses and their
opponent wins the tournament marco
begins getting upset but it doesn't last
long because his team isn't sad at all
getting second place is a huge deal for
them so they are celebrating anyway
since this is an accomplishment to be
proud of
his mood also improves when he finds out
his mother has finally come to see him
and she's proud of him so when sonya
comes by to congratulate him as well he
tells her he's ready to be a father and
the couple gets back together afterward
the team goes to spend some time on the
beach so marco takes the chance to talk
to roman and tell him he's a champion
even if he doesn't have a medal anymore
touched by the gesture roman shares that
he used to play with a major league team
but he was kicked out after he had a car
accident with his drunk uncle he also
had to quit college and his dream to be
an architect but he's happy to have this
team now
some days later once marco is back in
his house with sonia he receives a call
with an incredible job offer coach for
the national team he obviously accepts
but when he tells julio later he feels
awful julio tells him not to worry
because he's already done a lot for the
team and stayed more than the assigned
90 days so they will totally understand
his decision
marco leaves without saying goodbye to
the team because he doesn't think he
could stand seeing their sad faces
however as soon as he reaches the
streets he finds himself being followed
by the team they want to thank him for
everything and wish him good luck in his
new job making marco cry teasing him for
his tears the team gives marco a group
hug as a final goodbye
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