High school senior Miles Walton joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship, which causes an uproar in his small Illinois farming town.
Acting
Molly Shannon delivers devastating mom-core in every scene.
Writing
Avoids every sports-movie cliché with refreshing restraint.
Director
Nathan Adloff
Tim Boardman
Miles Walton
Missi Pyle
Leslie Wayne
Stephen Root
Ron Walton
Molly Shannon
Pam Walton
Annie Golden
Rhonda Roth
Paul Reiser
Lloyd Bryant
Ethan Phillips
Mr. Wilson
Yeardley Smith
Mrs. Armstrong
Romy Rosemont
Marge Carlson
Malcolm Gets
Timothy Schultz
Giullian Yao Gioiello
Brian
Andi Matichak
Wendy Brazda
Monika Casey
Jean Elmore
Danielle Catanzariti
Penelope Walker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nathan Adloff based Miles on his own experience growing up gay in rural Illinois.
The film quietly subverts the 'gay athlete' genre by making Miles's sexuality almost incidental to the plot.
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