Director: Justin Wu
Dallas has one plan for her future and a football star keeps getting in the way of it in "Sidelined: The QB and Me," a 2024 romantic comedy directed by Justin Wu.
What is Sidelined The QB and Me about?
Dallas is a dancer with a single, clear goal: get accepted into the elite dance school her late mother once attended. She has built her routine, her discipline, and her sense of self around reaching that school, treating it as the one thing that can honor her mother's memory. Then Drayton, the school's charming and outwardly carefree football star, starts turning up in her life at exactly the wrong moments, derailing plans and pulling focus away from her training. What looks at first like a nuisance slowly reveals itself as something more complicated: Drayton is carrying his own quiet grief, hidden behind jokes and easy charm, and the two of them end up understanding each other in ways neither expected. The film moves between locker rooms, dance studios, and family kitchens as it asks whether two people chasing very different dreams can actually help each other reach them, or whether one of those dreams gets pushed aside.
Cast & crew
Siena Agudong plays Dallas and Noah Beck plays Drayton, leading a young cast that includes Drew Ray Tanner, Asia Lizardo, Jake Foy, and Jason Fernandes. James Van Der Beek and Deborah Cox appear in supporting adult roles, grounding the school-set story with an older generation watching from the sidelines.
Context & significance
"Sidelined: The QB and Me" is a Canada–United States co-production from director Justin Wu, released in 2024 with a 99-minute runtime and a 5.9 IMDb rating. It sits in the school-sports-romance tradition, pairing a dance-world plot with a football backdrop, and leans on its young leads' chemistry more than plot twists to carry the film.
Where & how to watch
"Sidelined: The QB and Me" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing, in a Farsi-language viewing experience built for Iranian diaspora audiences. This page is free to read; watching the film requires logging into a K-Time account.