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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

Feb 2, 1999

Sultan Entertainment

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

May 31, 2005 Comment
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
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 | Comment
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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
danperry17

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

July 23, 2008
nickymo89
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.
    – Submitted by Mark H (23 days ago)

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