
A comedy based on the 1987 professional football players' strike. Gene Hackman plays the coach of the team, Jack Warden is the owner, Brett Cullen is the All-Pro quarterback that goes on strike and Keanu Reeves is the "scab" who replaces the star QB.... (Full plot summary below)
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A comedy based on the 1987 professional football players' strike. Gene Hackman plays the coach of the team, Jack Warden is the owner, Brett Cullen is the All-Pro quarterback that goes on strike and Keanu Reeves is the "scab" who replaces the star QB.
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| CinemaSense.ComCornell & PetricelliFor a movie as predictable as The Replacements, it offers an astonishingly funny, well crafted story line capturing the visceral pounding of football. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film is a smooth and polished product. |
| culturevulture.netBob AulertA shabby patchwork of a film, one that lip-synchs it's way through an old and timeworn situation without any attempt to add something new or interesting. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbitaverage lighthearted entertainment ... to be queued up more than normal in the coming months with a potential NFL lockout and strike looming |
| Mr. ShowbizLarry TerenziAn agreeably and unapologetically lightweight late-summer blockbuster. |
| Lyles' Movie FilesJeffrey LylesThere isn't a football cliche "The Replacements" doesn't tackle, but its all-star cast and easygoing approach make it one of the more enjoyable recent sports comedies. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAs obvious as they get, and it wears its message on its bloodied jersey. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatHoward Deutch keeps this archetypal Hollywood movie humming along with predictable comic bits and the antics of its colorful characters. |
| Reel.comTor ThorsenDirector Howard Deutch drops the ball, trying to pass off a derivative hodgepodge of clichés as escapist entertainment. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellThis negligible comedy might as well come with a bouncing ball so members of the audience can recite the dialogue along with the actors. |