'Playing' combines worst of everything

By Associated Press

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 07, 2012

~~<p>This is supposed to be the time of year when high-quality movies come out, whether they're potential Oscar contenders or crowd-pleasing family fare.</p>
<p>So the presence of flat, hacky, unfunny dreck like "Playing for Keeps" — the kind of film that ordinarily tries to fly under the radar in January or February but would be torture to sit through in any month — is a total mystery.</p>
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This is supposed to be the time of year when high-quality movies come out, whether they're potential Oscar contenders or crowd-pleasing family fare.

So the presence of flat, hacky, unfunny dreck like "Playing for Keeps" — the kind of film that ordinarily tries to fly under the radar in January or February but would be torture to sit through in any month — is a total mystery. 'PLAYING FOR KEEPS' Login for more...