"Major League" on the football field

Rating: 6/10 (5 August 2000)

If you think about it, a lot of this film owes a credit to the baseball comedy Major League which showed a bunch of nobodies on a loser team who pull through. If you think about it (after seeing this film of course), The Replacements is just that formula on the grid iron. Still, just because it is copied doesn't mean it isn't fun. It is. I just wish there was a little more originality to it. The characters work though, which is a big help. My favorite was Jon Favreau as a crazy tackler who will attack if he sees red. Not exactly your model football/sports film like say, Any Given Sunday was. But it also isn't a waste of time and talent. Which is not un-fair. B+