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The Replacements
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langston, Jon
Favreau
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Warner
Bros.
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| Web Site: |
www.thereplacements.com
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| Kiddie Movie: |
It's mostly guy oriented but bring her along.
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| Date Movie: |
Some rough language and suggestion cheerleaders.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nope.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
A quality bar fight.
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| Action: |
Not really.
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| Laughs: |
I cracked up, but I'm easily amused.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
The boys when they're in jail and the
cheerleaders distracting the other team.
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| Memorable
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The opposing coach: "That's bullshit! The
one girl hit the other girl on the butt!" and
Falco's inspiration speech: "Pain heals, chicks dig
scars, and glory lasts forever."
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| Directed By: |
David McNally
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| Produced By: |
Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman
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The Replacements
A Movie Review |
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A lot of critics panned "The Replacements." Sure the
story has been done before (it’s "Major League" but
with football), sure the jokes are easy (has been's and
wannabee’s from every walk of life), sure the love
story is obvious (complete with "Falco scores!" as he gets
the girl), but I still laughed my ass off. Maybe I’m
just too easily amused.
With "The Replacements" we’ve got the regular
football players going on strike. It’s time to bring in
the scabs, and leading the pack is Shane Falco (Keanu
Reeves), the quarterback who lost the big college game and
can’t live that down. So with a rag-tag group of big
black guys, psychotic white guys, and a kicker who smokes
while out on the field, yea, you guessed it, somehow these
guys come together and become a great football team. And, oh
yea, you get Shane falling in love with Annabelle (the
oh-so-hot Brooke Langston) who is recruiting the
cheerleading squad and enlists a bunch of ladies from the
local gentleman’s club.
So let’s forget the story, it’s too easy to
tell. What’s funny? Just about everything you would
expect – stupid things happening between the players,
between the players and the players on strike, between the
announcers (John Madden and Pat Summerall in great roles),
and just about between everyone. And throw in a cheerleading
squad of lap-dancers and you can guess what to expect from
that too.
Everything in the movie is obvious, you can usually see
every joke coming from a mile away, and yet I still found
the movie hilarious. I will keep this short and just leave
it at that. If you liked "Major League," don’t expect
the world’s greatest film, and just want to have some
fun, "The Replacements" is pretty enjoyable. If you’re
looking for deep characters, a story that really makes
sense, and jokes you have to think about, stay away. From
me, though, it’s 4 stars out of 5, and I think the
Chicago Bears should bring back the Honey Bears and should
look at to the Chicago gentlemen’s clubs for tryouts.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the
Right!! L8R!!! |
