Ole! Ole! Ole! Ole!

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2000)

Here's some unsolicited advice for anyone who's dead tired after a day of hard work and who wants to be entertained without having to think too much. "The Replacements" worked for me! Sure, the plot and motifs were predictable, some of the jokes were overdone, and Keanu Reeves as quarterback Shane Falco was as wooden as Pinocchio's stunt double, but the key word here is "entertaining." Much of the enjoyable parts of the movie came from the replacement players and their antics. For instance, Jon Favreau was hysterical as an ex-cop who charged at everything red...a far cry from his role as Eric the Clown on "Seinfeld." Gene Hackman and Jack Warden played their roles well as the respective owner and coach of the Washington Sentinels, but both their roles left you asking "Where have I seen this before?" The same could be said about Brooke Langton, but I'm sure most men watching the movie would have no qualms about seeing her on a repeated basis.