The Replacements (2000)

The Replacements manages to be both completely formulaic and yet immensely enjoyable. When a professional football players' strike happens, the owner of a fictitious team, the Washington Sentinels, commissions maverick coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) to pull together a team. McGinty selects a collection of talented oddballs--a Welsh soccer player, a sumo wrestler, a couple of professional bodyguards--with athletic pasts, figuring that if it doesn't work out as a game, it might as well be a circus. To lead the team, he finds Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves), a once-promising player who had a disastrous championship game. Naturally, despite squabbling and bickering, a roguish camaraderie develops through a mixture of racial infighting, harassment from the striking professionals, and a big bar brawl--after which they're all thrown in jail and perform the most improbable impromptu dance number ever committed to film. The mixture of cheerfully cliché plot mechanics, an engaging collection of supporting actors (including Orlando Jones, Rhys Ifans from Notting Hill, and Jon Favreau from Swingers), and sheer ridiculousness somehow combines to make The Replacements completely entertaining. Reeves is somehow turning into a pleasant leading man; he even emotes convincingly in this movie. And let's face it, Gene Hackman is quite possibly the greatest actor alive, able to speak the trashiest dialogue with fierce conviction. Plus, just to prove that the tight pants and close huddles of football are heterosexual, there are many, many shots of cheerleaders going through stripper-inspired routines. --Bret Fetzer Amazon.com

 Christmas Gift
this product was great! The price was great (although I had to pay an arm and a leg for next day shipping to get it in time for christmas) January 23, 2008

 The Replacements (DVD)
This is a great movie, very entertaining. Was delivered on time during the xmas rush. As advertised! January 19, 2008

 Classic sport/comedy movie
This movie is one of our favorites. My son and I are movie quoters and this one is a classic. It gets funnier and funnier evertime we watch it. It has all - sports, comedy, romance. January 19, 2008

 I Love this movie
I am a 64 year-old woman who admittedly likes football. However,this movie goes beyond the game and provides laughter and food for thought. Although I rarely watch a movie twice (exceptions are Casablanca, The Whale Rider and the Star Wars Trilogy), I watched this one over four times before I finally bought it and subsequently have watched it many more times. It is entertaining and moving (even when one knows the ending). Gene Hackman is a joy to watch. Really a "feel good" movie. December 7, 2007

 love this movie very much
from zero to hero ..... i alwayz luv that such a kind of story . Just an ordinary movie , but something that we can learn from this on is so deep . I alwayz shaking in the end of this movie , when i am realize that everybody could create the maximum limit of their ability in one momment in time . Plus...not moch movie we can see Gene Hackman become a good people.......the conclusions are this movie are great, musics are A, actors are good.....it's worth to have this one December 2, 2007

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