HOME TEAM (2022)
A funny, inspiring family comedy about finding your way home.
Should You Watch It?
Yes. HOME TEAM is a funny, enjoyable family comedy with a strong moral center. It follows a successful football coach who discovers that reconnecting with his son matters more than professional achievement.
The film’s greatest strength is its message about presence, forgiveness, and restored family relationships. The comedy stays entertaining, while the story shows a father recognizing the cost of being absent from his child’s life.
There is some light cursing, along with a New Age holistic hippie character whose beliefs are used for comic relief. Those concerns call for parental discernment, especially with younger children, but they do not overwhelm the movie’s redemptive heart.
For a positive family movie night, HOME TEAM is worth the trip.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESSean Payton, coach of the New Orleans Saints, is suspended after being accused of paying his players to injure players on other teams. He returns home and sees that his middle school son, Connor, needs him.
Connor is not pleased to see his father, who has spent little time with him since the divorce. Sean decides to coach Connor’s struggling football team, hoping to help the players—and repair his relationship with his son.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means HOME TEAM is a delightful, funny, and consistently enjoyable family movie. It remains entertaining throughout, thanks to a good storyline and an engaging combination of sports, comedy, and family reconciliation.
The film also demonstrates that a movie does not need a big budget to be genuinely entertaining when the story works. Its most lasting strength is the way it turns a football season into a story about a father learning to be present for his child.
The Worldview
HOME TEAM presents a strong moral and redemptive worldview centered on forgiveness, family, coming together, and loving one another. Sean learns that professional success cannot replace being present in his son’s life. Reconnecting with his child becomes a blessing to him as well.
The film depicts Connor’s stepfather as a New Age holistic hippie who practices meditation. His beliefs are presented comically, as comic relief rather than as a lifestyle to promote. The movie’s central moral emphasis remains the restoration of family relationships.
The story’s longing for forgiveness and reconciliation aligns with Scripture’s call to forgive: “as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive” (Colossians 3:13).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Strong moral, redemptive worldview about forgiveness, the importance of family, coming together and loving each other, plus one character is a New Age holistic hippie who’s seen doing meditation and who mentions what meditation is, but this is seen in a comical way, as comic relief
Foul Language
11 light obscenities, one light profanity, and a mention of butthole
Violence
A car is accidently set on fire and light football conflict
Sex
No sexual content
Nudity
Upper male nudity when children are swimming in the pool
Alcohol Use
Light drinking
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Nothing else objectionable.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Sean learns that being present in his son’s life matters more than professional success. What does faithful presence look like in your family?
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 · Ephesians 6:4Connor must decide whether he can forgive his father. What makes forgiveness difficult, and how does God’s forgiveness shape ours?
Colossians 3:13 · Ephesians 4:32The football team begins to grow when people come together instead of giving up. Where do you need patience and encouragement from others?
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 · 1 Thessalonians 5:11One character’s meditation practices are treated as comedy. How can Christians thoughtfully evaluate ideas that sound spiritual but do not point to God?
Acts 17:22–23 · 1 John 4:1The Final Word
HOME TEAM is a funny, uplifting family comedy about forgiveness, presence, and finding your way back to the people who matter most. Its light content concerns call for discernment, but its message is genuinely encouraging. For a positive family movie night, WORTH THE TRIP.
