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Friday Night Lights (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 160
Fresh: 131
Rotten:29
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus: An acute survey of the football-obsessed heartland that succeeds as both a stirring drama and a rousing sports movie.
Theatrical Release: Oct 8, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $61,188,085
Synopsis: From OscarŽ-winning producer Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment and based on the best-selling book about high school football by H.G. Bissinger, Friday Night Lights chronicles the entire 1988 season of the Permian High Panthers of... [More]
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez
Director: Peter Berg
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Reviews for Friday Night Lights
Had Billy Bob Thornton not been so good in so many films, people would be talking about this as his greatest role.
07/31/08
Few films have shown so powerfully the slashing double edge of sports fever.
11/01/07
Top Critic The script spends at least as much time exploring the psychologies of the young players and the problems they face at home as it does rallying the audience behind their efforts on the field.
04/14/07
A heart-pounding big-screen treatment that captures all the action of a tumultuous season while showing the emotional toll on the players.
03/26/07
Top Critic
While the atmosphere is excellent, and the general elements all strong, the film sadly fails to give any real insight or depth in regards to explaining the hows and whys of the near fever over the game and its players.
10/30/06
You'll leave the theater somewhat emotionally spent -- feeling like you've been tackled by a 220-pound linebacker -- but it's worth the ride. One of the best sports movies ever.
09/22/06
The affecting, gruelling result is less a document of recreational sport than one of obligation and ordeal.
06/24/06
The movie's principles are seriously out of whack, even as it angles toward a Big Life Lesson about learning to live with falling short of greatness.
05/26/06
The best sports movie for years, as it's not about sport at all. Forget fears of jingoistic grandstanding, this is an un-American all-American tale that deserves attention.
04/01/06
Friday Night Lights is a film about football, but it shares more in common with films from the horror genre than with its predecessors.
07/25/05
Thornton anchors the film with his understated but no less effective performance but the stand-out is Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) - the scene where he finally realises that his football career is over is truly heartbreaking to watch.
05/14/05
Its script is pure corn, drenched in syrupy sentiment and topped with prize ham in the shape of Billy Bob Thornton's tub-thumping coach.
05/10/05
There's nothing particularly universal or relevant about this place- and sport-specific ode to American football. Although it's a gripping and watchable true story.
04/18/05
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