Scores a touchdown but no extra points.

Rating: 5/10 (28 November 2000)

"The Replacements" are a motley bunch of misfits and pro-football scabs who manage to create some funny moments on and off the grid-iron. Hackman is always good and Reeves works in his not too challenging center stage role. The film treads with minimal success into romance, can't quite conjure up the goose bumps the climax aims for, and doesn't work in the philosophical with it's clichés about winners and losers. However, the comedy does work in a big way on the field. A fun watch for football fans.