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Best Player

Best Player

Do you have what it takes to be the best?

20116.61h 29m

Overview

After his parents decide to move to a retirement home in Florida, professional gamer Quincy “Q” Johnson (Jerry Trainor) must find a way to raise 175,000 dollars to buy his family home. After hearing about a tournament for the game “Black Hole” with a grand prize of 175,500 dollars, Quincy enters the tournament, only to be faced with a new challenge. An equally skilled gamer, named Chris Saunders “Prodigy” (Jeanette McCurdy), has become the one block in Quincy’s plan, defeating him at every turn. Quincy then teams-up with his friend Wendell (Amir Talai), to try and find ways to stop Chris from entering the tournament.

Directed by Damon Santostefano
Written by Richard Amberg
Produced by Scott McAboy
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Top Cast

Jerry Trainor

Jerry Trainor

Quincy 'Q' Johnson

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy

Chris 'Prodigy' Saunders

Janet Varney

Janet Varney

Tracy Saunders

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Ash

Amir Talai

Amir Talai

Wendell

Elfina Luk

Elfina Luk

Mrs. Chen

Julia Maxwell

Julia Maxwell

Cindy

Gabrielle Rose

Gabrielle Rose

Mrs. Johnson

Karissa Tynes

Karissa Tynes

Permission Slip Girl

J

Jesse Wheeler

Bob

Themes & Keywords

video gamevirtual fighttournamentfamilygamevirtual game

About Best Player

Best Player is a comedy, family, tv movie film released in 2011 exploring themes of video game, virtual fight, tournament, family, game, virtual game. Directed by Damon Santostefano, it stars Jerry Trainor, Jennette McCurdy, Janet Varney. After his parents decide to move to a retirement home in Florida, professional gamer Quincy “Q” Johnson (Jerry Trainor) must find a way to raise 175,000 dollars to buy his family home. After hearing about a tournament for the game “Black Hole” with a grand prize of 175,500 dollars, Quincy enters the tournament, only to be faced with a new challenge. An equally skilled gamer, named Chris Saunders “Prodigy” (Jeanette McCurdy), has become the one block in Quincy’s plan, defeating him at every turn. Quincy then teams-up with his friend Wendell (Amir Talai), to try and find ways to stop Chris from entering the tournament.

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