
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's no... (Full plot summary below)
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Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
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| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanApart from a performance of mesmerizing authority and conviction from Quaid in an arena usually littered with more cliches... Hackford's movie has the courage to start where most films about our national passion for sport leave off. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonIt's not exactly nourishing, but then again, its performances are so addictive that you may not even care. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyCorny, overblown, dopey and yet somehow entertaining, the screenplay sounds as if it were cowritten by Dick Butkus and Jackie Collins. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelLange, handicapped by a much too broad choice of Southern accents, does not disappear as easily into her character. She seems to be playing someone beneath her. |
| Radio TimesAdrian TurnerIt's over-plotted, yet somehow seems a sparse tale, though Lange's performance, as always, lifts the essentially lightweight material. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinBards from A. E. Housman to Bruce Springsteen have mourned the passing of the athlete's glory, but it's a subject that never goes out of style. And it has been brought vibrantly to life in Taylor Hackford's 'Everybody's All-American. |
| The SpectatorHilary MantelTaylor Hackford's film is predictable, syrupy and far too long. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBy the end of the film, we not only feel we know these people -- we feel we know them too well and would like to make some new friends. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissAs the one character who grows and doesn't just calcify, Lange brings wily zest to each step in Babs' coming-out party. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarSprawling across a quarter of a century, Everybody's All-American is an unkempt epic about the life and times of a Louisiana athlete. |