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I love this movie so much

Admirable film.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I'll be honest and say that until I read some reviews on here, I didn't realise that this was supposed to be a comedy. I will also qualify this review by admitting that I have no interest in American football and am not familiar with the game, rules, history or teams.I am, however, familiar with the formulaic story of a bunch of sporting misfits come good under the guidance of an inspirational coach (Hackman) - having seen it repeated seemingly a dozen times. The truly talented player who missed out on the big-time (Reeves) is able to clarify what is really needed to the other meatheads in the team. I'm sure you can see where this is leading.This 'comedy' brings nothing new to the table and makes the support cast even more irritating and unlikeable than usual vehicles of this type. The cheerleaders are gruesome and (obviously) too stupid to spell out the name of team they're cheerleading (is that a verb?) for.The head cheerleader (and waitress/bartender) loves footbaall but doesn't date players (unless it's Keanu Reeves) in the same way that the waitress never dates pilots/soldiers/political advisors blah blah. The prolonged gaze they share across the bar is as close as the movie gets to comedy - and I suspect that that was unintentional.And a special word for John Favreau, who as everyone knows, has gone on to excel in all fields of movie-making. This is one of the most stupid and annoying characters ever to have inhabited a sporting movie. Ifans comes a close second.All in all, its all been done before - and a lot better. There's a lot of shouting, a lot of pointing, a lot of shouting 'let's go' and commentators amazed at the things they are witnessing on the field. They should have asked me - I could tell them exactly what was going to happen from the opening frame.

Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves) is a former star college quarterback who washed out in the pros. Eddie Martel (Brett Cullen) is the star quarterback of Washington Sentinels who is more concerned about himself than the team. Then the players go on strike and Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) is hired to shape up a new team of replacement players. They need three more wins out of their final four games to get into the playoffs. It's a mishmash of wacky personalities. Shane falls for the head cheerleader Annabelle Farrell (Brooke Langton) who has to come up with a new group of cheerleaders. Rhys Ifans is the wiry kicker. Jon Favreau is the angry defensive player who loves to hit. Orlando Jones is the jokey player.It's a pretty light weight football movie with a bit of rom-com. Gene Hackman is slumming it a little to give this some substance. It has a few good jokes. The stripper cheerleaders are cute. The players have just enough wackiness. Keanu Reeves is still that likable lead. It's formulaic and somewhat watchable. At least, director Howard Deutch has the skills to use the formula even with a song and dance in jail.

I love this movie.. and here's why first of all it's based on a true story even though the No Fun League ...NFL will never admit it,, 1987,, 4 plus years removed from a total work stoppage, this time the players get greedy, and of course want more money,, they want their share of the pie, that the NFL is holding onto. Keanu Reeves plays "Footsteps Falco".. gotta love that nickname,, he is a QB that had an awful game at the Sugar Bowl lost 45-0 and has since went into hiding,,, Gene Hackman is wonderful as coach Joe McGinty,, together the two just give such a wonderful performance,, the cheerleaders in this movie,, are like the best iv'e ever seen,, pretty, sexy,, and seductive,, catch some of their moves during the game. what I like best about the movie is the more than accurate portrayal of the game itself,, the play calling,, the locker room stuff.. in the real NFL Washington did have a player on work furlough from prison,, this is a must see movie,, especially for a football guru or you re casual fan,, and even if you're not a football fan you will be after seeing this movie,, thumbs up .

This story is based on Tony Robinson, a star UT Vol quarterback who's off the field exploits landed him in jail following a great college career. During the NFL strike of '87 he engineered one of the greatest sports upsets of all time by leading the Redskins to a 13-7 victory against the Cowboys, who had already returned they're star players to the field. It was a big deal at the time not only because of the upset, but because Tony Robinson was a black quarterback in the NFL at a time when you hardly ever saw black QB's. Of course, the Skins won the Super Bowl that same year with Doug Williams at QB, the first black QB to play in the big game. However, Hollywood whitewashed this story like it does with so many by casting a very white Keanu Reeves to play the role. If this was a movie about replacement surfers, Keanu would be perfect. However in this stinker, he's horrible. This could have been a great comedy with a light hearted inspirational tale. Trust me on this, it's not.