Replacements Scores High!

Rating: 8/10 (22 September 2000)

Have you been `holding' on to see a good sports movie? Because you know that some of the latest ones have `interfered' with all the rules on what a good movie is supposed to be like. I do have to tell you that we have just `received' a pretty good one. That would be `The Replacements.' It `centers' on a bunch of replacement football players. It is a simple movie, but don't be `off-guard' by that because the movie is very entertaining. It stars Keanu Reeves as the scab quarterback and Gene Hackman as the motivating coach. However, what `sweeped' me to my feet was the comedic performances of some of the supporting players such as Jon Favreau and Rhys Ifans. Their performances were of `first-string' caliber. So get your those loose `nickels' and `dimes' and `runback' to your local movie theatre: so you could sit your `tight end' down and watch this fun football flick. Game over! **** Good