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The Replacements

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6.6/10 • 948

2000-08-111h 58m

Comedy

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. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.

Directors
Howard Deutch
Writters
Vince McKewin
Editors
Bud S. Smith

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  1. Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves

    Shane Falco

  2. Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman

    Jimmy McGinty

  3. Brooke Langton

    Brooke Langton

    Annabelle Farrell

  4. Orlando Jones

    Orlando Jones

    Clifford Franklin

  5. Faizon Love

    Faizon Love

    Jamal Jackson

  6. Jon Favreau

    Jon Favreau

    Daniel Bateman

  7. Rhys Ifans

    Rhys Ifans

    Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff

  8. Keith David

    Keith David

    Lindell

  9. Ace Yonamine

    Ace Yonamine

    Jumbo

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Aug 2, 2019

8/10

If you are a wanna-be, a has-been or a never-have, THIS is the movie for you. Celebrating the Everyman who never got his shot, The Replacements takes the Mediocre and gives them their chance in the spotlight. The movie starts out with the professional football players going on strike, mid-season, to demand even more money to play a kid's game. The league owners decide to finish out the season with whatever players they can acquire (mirroring the 1987 NFL strike). The Washington Sentinels' owner goes a completely different direction by re-hiring one of his old coaches and giving him complete control of the team. Coach McGinty then goes about putting together his Dream Team of Wanna-Be's and Never-Were's who, if the stars aligned just right, might just reach their full potential. An EXCELLENT popcorn movie that would have received 5 stars if there had been more football in the football movie. Nevertheless, it is packed full of great one-liners (He's Wiry) and will have you tossing off non-sequiturs the next day all day long. That'll do pig. That'll do.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$50,000,000.00
Revenue
$50,054,511.00
Keywords
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