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The Replacements

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The Replacements (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 104

Fresh: 41

Rotten:63

Average Rating: 4.9/10

Consensus: The cliched characters and obvious outcome make all the fun and excitement amount to nothing.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Sports/Recreation

Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Success is often a matter of blind luck, and some deserving people, talented in their own right, never get a crack at it. Such has been the fate of Shane "Footsteps" Falco (KEANU REEVES), once a... Success is often a matter of blind luck, and some deserving people, talented in their own right, never get a crack at it. Such has been the fate of Shane "Footsteps" Falco (KEANU REEVES), once a hot All American prospect on the football field. Shane can only regret what's behind him, and can't even begin to imagine what's ahead. But Fate is not through with Shane. When League players decide to strike, leaving the prospect of empty fields (and equally empty stadiums) for team owners to contemplate, the Washington Sentinels scramble for a solution. When they bring contentious and self-retired head coach Jimmy McGinty (GENE HACKMAN) back into the fold, McGinty seeks out players who will play with their hearts rather than their wallets.

For the League, the situation is a disaster, but for Shane and a mismatched crew of outsiders, it's a second chance to grab at sports stardom. As they amaze everyone with their winning streak, the ragtag group discovers in itself the ability to hope for more than they ever thought possible...maybe even the playoffs, which has been denied to the Sentinels for seven years.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Bel-Air Entertainment, The Replacements, a rousing comedy starring two of America's most acclaimed and popular stars, Keanu Reeves (the worldwide Warner Bros. Pictures smash hits The Matrix and The Devil's Advocate, Speed) and two-time Academy Award winner Gene Hackman (Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven and Best Actor for The French Connection). ORLANDO JONES (Liberty Heights, Mad TV) also stars as Clifford Franklin, a 100-meter qualifier in the Olympics, with an unfortunate lifelong case of butterfingers, who joins Shane on the team; BROOKE LANGTON (Melrose Place) as Annabelle Farrell, the Sentinels' football-crazy head cheerleader whose passion for the game goes up a notch or two in the presence of Shane Falco; JON FAVREAU (Swingers, TV's Marciano) as Daniel Bateman, a Navy SEAL-turned-L.A. cop, who makes up for a lost kidney with an overload of grit; RHYS IFANS (Notting Hill) as Nigel The Leg Gruff, a wiry Welsh soccer star kicker from Cardiff; BRETT CULLEN (Apollo 13, Courage Under Fire) as spoiled-rotten Sentinels regular quarterback Eddie Martel; and JACK WARDEN (whose remarkable career spans from From Here to Eternity to Bulworth) as millionaire Sentinels owner Edward O'Neil. [More]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, John Madden, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans, Faizon Love, Art Lafleur, Michael Taliferro, Ace Yonamine, Brett Cullen, Troy Winbush, Gailard Sartain, Michael Jace, Jack Warden, David Denman, Pat Summerall

Director: Howard Deutch

Director: Howard Deutch
Screenwriter: Vince McKewin
Producer: Dylan Sellers
Composer: John Debney

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Nov 28, 2000

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  • Inspired by the true story of the 1987 NFL strike, this comedy tells the story of an over-the-hill coach and a washed-up former quarterback who lead a team of strike-bearing "replacement killers" to a short but glorious season of victories in professional football.
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    05/14/03
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Palo Alto Weekly

    At least the ending doesn't cop out. There is no big happy ending where everyone gets a pro football gig or a big Nike ad campaign.

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    Brian Mckay
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    12/08/02
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    Football flick has a great lineup, but fumbles the ball.

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    11/07/02
    James Rocchi
    Netflix

    The Replacements is a bad movie, but a likable one.

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    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    08/02/02
    Betty Jo Tucker
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    Wearing the same blank expression that's become his trademark, Reeves proves that after 15 years in movies he still can't deliver a joke.

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    James Sanford
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    04/17/01
    Stephen Farber
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    ...what we have here is your basic feelgood comedy about scabs..

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    03/24/01
    Prairie Miller
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    There isn't a single bone of originality in its entire 110-minute running time, yet it just almost works out of sheer force of will.

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