Gar is a high school journalist who covers the basketball team as it heads toward a state championship; when his best friend Matt, the team's star, is asked by a drug dealer to throw the big game, Gar inevitably gets caught in the middle.
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to steal money from a drug dealers' home. Gar tags along, but soon things go horribly wrong. One question to ask is "Will the Giants win the big game? "—redqueen89
In Riverton, Indiana, Matt is a high school basketball star. At the start of the movie, his best friend Gar is driving him to the game in a clunker station wagon complete with fake wood paneling. And they're late. The coach won't bend the rules, so Matt doesn't get to play, until the crowd makes it clear they're not happy. And the Giants' long winning streak might have been broken if the coach hadn't given in. And the team is soon on their way to a state championship. Meanwhile, Gar is falling for Bridge, a pretty reporter for the school paper who doesn't understand basketball's appeal. Matt's brother Keith is out of prison. Their abusive father makes it very clear Keith is a disappointment to him, and he's not quite satisfied with Matt, either, despite Matt's star status. But Keith has plans. Those plans could get him sent back to prison, but it doesn't matter. Keith doesn't care. And Matt wants to support his brother, who convinces him his actions are like those of Robin Hood. No one will get hurt and the only victim will be a drug dealer. Matt drags Gar along. But things don't go as planned, and someone starts taunting Matt, reminding him, though not in these exact words, "I know what you did." And the taunts become more than that. Matt could be in danger. Will this affect Matt's play? Will his team win the state championship?
"Home of the Giants" is a coming-of-age story told through the eyes of "Gar," a high school journalist who covers the basketball team as it heads toward a state championship. Gar's best friend, Matt, is the team's star; when Matt is asked by his brother, Keith, to partake in a heist, Gar inevitably gets caught in the middle.—Anonymous
