“Team Marco” (** out of four) was a well-intentioned but schmaltzy coming-of-age story about a young boy (Owen Vaccaro) whose grandfather (Anthony Patellis) introduces him to the great sport of bocce ball; when a crew of older Italian men come in and try to invade their turf, the boy rounds up a team to defend them and show them who’s the king of the courts. Obviously a labor of love from writer/director Julio Vincent Gambuto and is nicely played but never fully rises and congeals into anything. Pleasant enough to watch but instantly forgettable.

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