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- “The Replacements” is slap-happy entertainment painted in broad strokes, two coats thick. It’s like a standard sports movie, but with every point made twice or three times–as if we’d never seen one before.
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Dec 21, 2023 · Released in 2000, this film, directed by Howard Deutch and starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman, tells the story of a fictional professional football team that takes on a group of misfits as replacements during a players’ strike.
At a local bar, the replacements are brooding over their loss when some of the striking players, led by their prima donna quarterback Eddie Martel, arrive and taunt them. Falco stands up to Martel, a brawl ensues, and the replacements are arrested.
The Replacements (2000) PG-13. Throw the ball. Catch the girl. Keep it simple. Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job.
Sep 1, 2023 · Among his lesser-known benevolent gestures is hacking off a whopping 90% from his salary in the 2000s sports comedy, The Replacements, solely so the studio could afford to hire Gene Hackman in a supporting role.
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The Replacements: Directed by Howard Deutch. With Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones. During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.
Can McGinty mold his new squad of misfits and no-hopers (who truly love the game) into a winning team? Brooke Langton plays Annabelle, head of the Sentinels' cheerleading squad (who has to contend with replacements of her own), and football commentators John Madden and Pat Summerall appear as themselves. (Mark Deming: All Movie Guide) Critics ...
