
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.... (Full plot summary below)
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Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
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| DVDLaserDouglas Pratthe 1983 film presents a fairly realistic portrait of high school life and is best at evoking the rhythm of emotions that come with overcast autumn days, factory layoffs, high school football and young romance. If you start examining the details of the plo |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrTwo people finally tell each other the truth. This is, of course, an astonishing breakthrough in movies about teenagers, and All the Right Moves deserves it. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitCruise has always been an underrated actor, but this is early "non wacko" Cruise |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottA well-made but sugar-coated working-class fable about a football star. |
| VarietyVariety StaffAll the Right Moves crackles with authenticity. |
| Common Sense MediaS. Jhoanna RobledoOne saving grace is watching Tom Cruise in one of his early roles, showing the charisma that would make him a huge star. |
| Empire MagazineIan NathanThere is a tender resonance in its cheesy sports drama operating with all the obvious moves. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissThis naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinFor all its air of realism and grit, the film has a fairy-tale quality. |
| User Reviewjodi wstory about hopes and dreams of your average blue collar worker;; nice love story;; adolesence at its best and worst;; and tom with an alto sax ^_^ |