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The Best of Times (1986)

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Small-town banker Robin Williams has never been able to live down the fact that he dropped an important pass during a crucial high-school football game. Likewise tainted for life is the team's star quarterback Kurt Russell, now a garage owner. Fed up with living his life under a cloud, Williams hits upon a brilliant idea: he will stage a rematch-13 years after the fact--with the members of the rival team. Trouble beckons when Williams' father-in-law announces that he's rooting for the

PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode

In Theaters: Jan 31, 1986 Wide

On DVD: Feb 2, 1999

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Cast

Robin Williams
Jack Dundee
Kurt Russell
Reno Hightower
Pamela Reed
Gigi Hightower
Holly Palance
Elly Dundee
Donald Moffat
The Colonel
Margaret Whitton
Darla
M. Emmet Walsh
Charlie
Donovan Scott
Eddie
R.G. Armstrong
Schutte
Carl Ballantine
Arturo
Dog: Buck
J.P. Bumstead
Cop
Kirk Cameron
Teddy
Eloy Casados
Carlos
Christopher Cory
Assistant Football Trai...
Jake Dengel
Caribous
Robert Dickman
Taft Business Man
Jeff Doucette
Olin
Kurt Fox
Kathleen Freeman
Rosie
Hugh Gillin
Caribou #2
Anne Haney
Marcy
Linda Hart
Blender
Hap Lawrence
Dickie Larue
Robyn Lively
Jaki
Wayne Montanio
Felipe
Tony Plana
Chico
Adam Rose
William G. Schilling
Caribou #1
Jeff Severson
Johnny O
Nick Shields
Bam Bam
Hugo L. Stanger
Old Man Lester
Dub Taylor
Mac
Peter Van Norden
Mando
Philippe Gerard
Disgruntled Fan
Wayne Adderson
Bakersfield Coach
Patrick Brennan
Ronny
Marie Cain
Blender
Raymond W. Clanto
Bakersfield Coach
Cathy Cheryl Davis
Taft Woman
Hilary Davis
Michelle
Mike Douglas
Herman Edwards
Jim Giovanni
Taft Football Player
Michelle Guastello
Taft Woman
Vister Hayes
Dr. Death
Brenda Huggins
Mrs. Jackson
Christopher Mankiewicz
Safari Room Security Gu...
Peggy Moyer
Blender
Fred A. Nelson
Bakersfield Coach
Bill Overton
Luther Jackson
Chuck Ramsey
Himself
Steve Riley
Kim Romano
Norm Schachter
Referee
Steve Shargo
Taft Football Player
Susan Signorelli
Taft Woman
Darryl B. Smith
Bakersfield Coach
Kelly Thomas
Iron Jaw Wilson
"Iron Jaws"
Michael Rich
Blade

Critic Reviews for The Best of Times

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (8) | DVD (2)

Such a rouser that it almost makes up for the incomplete passes and stopped runs that precede it.

May 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

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Nostalgic fantasy about replaying that high school game with all the jock pals.

May 31, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Speaks to our fantasies of rectifying mistakes of the past but drops the ball on a satire on small town foibles and marital discord.

August 25, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Forgotten by most yet seemingly adored by those who choose to remember it, The Best of Times stands in my book as one of the truly great sports comedies.

July 17, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Scott Weinberg

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Movies for a rainy Saturday afternoon. One of the corniest movies you'll ever see, a real one-trick pony: what if you could replay that one moment in life where it all went wrong? Terrible, hackneyed dialogue and mailed-in performances by Williams and Russell. Williams's character is completely unbelievable, and maybe

June 26, 2010

Daniel Perry

Super Reviewer

A mediocre film about chasing lost glory that never really finds it's way.

July 23, 2008

Nicky Mo

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1. Reno Hightower: Half these people came here tonight, Jack, to watch you catch ball. The other half came to see you drop it. You drop that damn thing again, Jack, your life is over.
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