Cracked up

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2001)

A very well written, well directed, and even well acted movie. My wife, not normally a football fan, even watched some football this weekend after seeing "The Replacements." I think this was out of gratitude for the belly laughs she got from the movie. This is standard broad farce and cheer the underdog, 'B' movie fare, just very well executed. My favorite scene, after the one where the cheerleaders distract a few people, is when our hero has been rejected by the heroine but we hear his self-talk -- all in football jargon -- to press on and win the girl.