a decent bit of football entertainment

Rating: Null/10 (26 July 2000)

i was supposed to see a sneak of Nutty Professor II, but too many people showed up and i got turned away. luckily, i noticed there was another screening taking place - i managed to sneak my way in, and it turned out to be The Replacements. now, i am in NO way a Keanu Reeves fan, but despite his presence and some suspect plotting, this is a pretty fun film. there are some good laughs, and i think Rhys Ifans is hilarious, so the humor was a pleasant surprise. i'm not much into American football, but the action on the field was fine, they attempted some different things which is always good, and they managed to avoid a few of the standard cliches, if not all of them. on the whole, i enjoyed it more than it bothered me, which for me to say about a Keanu film is something indeed. check it out, but turn off the movie-plot-deficiency-detector part of your brain beforehand, your enjoyment of the picture will be much the better for it.