6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Roaring Game (2026)
The Roaring Game (2026)
Overview
The Roaring Game is a sports romantic comedy directed by Tom DeNucci. A down-on-his-luck janitor named Rickey assembles a misfit curling team to compete in the World Games and win back his girlfriend Kelly, selected for the U.S. hockey team. Starring Darin Brooks as Rickey, Fivel Stewart as Kelly, Mickey Rourke, and Rob Gronkowski.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
The Roaring Game is a sports romantic comedy directed by Tom DeNucci. A down-on-his-luck janitor named Rickey assembles a misfit curling team to compete in the World Games and win back his girlfriend Kelly, selected for the U.S. hockey team. Starring Darin Brooks as Rickey, Fivel Stewart as Kelly, Mickey Rourke, and Rob Gronkowski.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's core conflict revolves around personal and athletic challenges without advancing any political ideology. Its solution emphasizes individual perseverance and teamwork in a lighthearted context, maintaining neutrality.
Visible diversity appears in the supporting cast through actors of color like Antwon Tanner and Fivel Stewart in prominent roles. The narrative upholds conventional romance and underdog tropes centered on a white male lead without challenging traditional identities.
Secondary
The film depicts minimal family content, limited to a peripheral father-son relationship where the son seeks funding from his mobster father, without exploring family structures, roles, or values in depth. The narrative focuses primarily on romantic reconciliation and sports team dynamics, presenting no clear endorsement or critique of family norms.
The film contains no depiction of LGBTQ+ characters or themes. It focuses on a heterosexual romantic comedy involving sports competition.
The film features no transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a janitor's underdog curling team effort without any exploration of transgender identity or related issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film presents original characters in a sports comedy setting, with no adaptations, biopics, or reboots involving gender changes from established canon.
The Roaring Game presents original characters in a fictional sports comedy setting, with no established canonical or historical racial depictions from prior sources, leading to no instances of race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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