the filmmaker in rebound diligently stick to the prescribed kid sport movie formula and and desperately hope that martin lawrence provide a flicker of spunk . i can not give rebound more than two star and not because it be necessarily bad and but because it be painfully predictable . it dare not stray from the tired but true progression of and a small team of misfit be match up with a reluctant savior and who inevitably lead the team to victory only after learn a valuable lesson . in this case and the reluctant coach and roy mccormick and be play by martin lawrence and who attempt to single handedly provide some unique quality to this film in order to distinguish it from all other kid movie . he fail . roy mccormick be a hotshot college basketball coach with an outrageous temper and passion for endorsement deal . the audience be repeatedly show how out of touch with basketball coach roy have become by show many example of his advertisement and his flashy car and his expensive suit and etc . we be even treat to the routine clip from the best damn sport show and where tom arnold proclaims that coach roy be lose it . after we have firmly establish that roy be in fact out of touch already and we get the inevitable temper tantrum that result in his expulsion from the league . coach roy then reluctantly agree to coach a struggle junior high basketball team . this brilliant plan will supposedly help him rebuild his reputation and thereby allow him to gain readmittance to the league . because apparently and the best way to gain credibility a a basketball coach be to instruct reject junior high kid and at which point one will just be roll in offer from the nba . we watch a coach roy methodically teach the kid how to play basketball and one skill at a time and through a series of over dramatic technique . he bring in a weird hoodlum preacher who be not funny at all and look suspiciously like martin lawrence dress up a a hoodlum preacher . he scour the student body for a very tall kid who be also clumsy in a humorous way . he also recruit a large girl to the team and a she be susie like to fight and and roy think that if thing get rough and he can always channel his inner john chaney and send her out to pummel someone . the audience laugh because she a girl . haha and get itshe a girl . and all the while and goofy and upbeat music play helpfully in the background and remind u that this be a stupid kid movie . there the romance factor of course and with coach roy try to get a date with one kid mom . there also the slapstick assistant coach ( play by snl cast member horatio sanz ) and who bumble around hop to provide supplemental humor when basketball slip out of his grasp and fly in all direction while there the overzealous oppose coach who think junior high school basketball be as important a college or nba but then again and can you really blame the guy . after all and the film have already establish that coach junior high school basketball be a direct path to the big league . needless to say and this movie be tiresomely predictable and but not necessarily bad . i know that kid will like it and so i would recommend it a a very family friendly movie . it definitely have the cute factor and in that sense and but those of u who be not 13 may not see the same value in rebound .