Touchback (2012)
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Cast
as Murphy
as Macy
as Hall
as Coach Hand
as Thelma
as Jenny
as Sasha
as Pierson
as Todd
as Gig
as Rodriguez
as Krista
as Jamie
as Norman
as Moss
as Phil Pepper
as Barney
as Freshman Kid
as Pretty Girl
as Spangler
as Willard
as Duke the Foreman
as Cuyahoga Head Coach
as Cuyahoga Assistant Coach
as Football Announcer
as Cuyahoga Assistant Coach
as Coldwater Cheer Coach
as Producer
as Red Robinson
Critic Reviews for Touchback
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (8) | DVD (1)
Earnestness and obviousness compete for supremacy early on in Don Handfield's film, with the latter fully in front; happily, earnestness stages a comeback by the end.
A lightweight and overlong feel-good drama that plays like a mashup of It's a Wonderful Life and Friday Night Lights.
Are any of them alone reason enough to sit through two hours of warmed-over life lessons? Not particularly, but it should be said that the cast and crew have made a fair stride towards redeeming earnest low-budget filmmaking of this ilk...
If George Bailey had been a high school football hero, It's a Wonderful Life might have been a little like Touchback.
Touchback takes a handoff from Peggy Sue Got Married and It's A Wonderful Life and runs it up the middle for a modest gain.
Touchback is a sweet family film that ultimately lacks enough insight into the main character's thought process as he struggles to make a decision that could change his life.
Audience Reviews for Touchback
The trailer of the film looks like a touchdown, but the film itself is a fumble. I felt like I have seen this type of film done before a bunch of times. It reminded me of movies like Mr. Destiny, 17 Again, The Family Man, and Click to name a few. Those films are better than this one. This one is too predictable. Also, they should have casted 2 actors to play the same roles. Meaning they should have casted a younger actor to play the high school version and casted an older actor to play the older version of the character. I thought the make up to make some of the actors look older, were terrible and fake. Kurt Russell looks like he is doing a bad copy of his character from the movie Miracle. He was better in that, than this film.
Super Reviewer
Nice touching family movie.
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