Underdog sports movies have slowly died down after they became such a huge sensation in the early 2000s. The reason, of course, is the narrative structure that said films follow. There’s always the hero’s journey somewhere in there while also being about the characters who shape the story for them. With time, the trope of this underdog became redundant, but few films every now and then were able to reconfigure or at least reaffirm why such stories are always important. They are rousing, relatable and inspiring. They give us hope in times when we find ourselves corned by our big ambitions. Ty Roberts’ “You Gotta Believe” is not one of those movies, though.

I mean, it does have all the usual tropes that you find in such films. It stars Luke Wilson and Greg Kinner as the co-coaches and dads of kids who are part of a little league baseball team. Their team is so bad that when we first meet them at their league’s last game, they are just happy that the season is over. However, life has other plans for them as Bobby, played by Wilson, is diagnosed with cancer, and Kinner’s Jon decides that he needs to do something beyond his ordinary and unfulfilling job to be satisfied with his life. With his dying friend and a bunch of kids who would do anything to keep Bobby happy, Jon and eventually the team set out to compete in something that they had no shot of sailing through in the first place.

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