I will start with the things I found accurate in this movie. I find it very believable that the Browns would have an owner that is a twit and would be willing to make silly transactions to get a QB in the 1st round that is destined to be a bust. I found it wildly believable that the Browns would trade 3 years of first rounders to take a guy they could have gotten had they done nothing or (gasp) still have gotten had they even traded back a few spots. I find it incredibly believable that Jacksonville would have a GM that is totally clueless and panics like Dewey is loose in the coliseum. Dewey loves sugar!
Nothing else in this movie was believable or likable.
The script was terrible from the perspectives of character development, NFL knowledge, conversation, tension, and plot development. There are no characters in this movie to which you want to develop an attachment. All are flat and two dimensional. Several characters are in the movie for no reason other than distraction like Mom, girlfriend, ex wife, intern, etc. The NFL stuff, where to even begin? I won't get in to it. If you are an NFL wonk you see all the stupidity. If you don't care about football you won't care about the lack of realism.
For the rest of the script where is the central conflict? Is the conflict sticking with a decision you had already made while your mom is in the building? Perhaps the conflict was how did the Browns owner get from midtown to Teeterborough, catch a flight to Cleveland and then drive to his office in a matter of 20-40 minutes of real time? Perhaps he was having a gun battle with angry fans along the way? Perhaps I just wrote the script for Transporter 8?
To go with the bad script the direction and acting were stiff and formulaic. Granted what can you expect when you cast Crash Davis in the lead? And I refuse to believe Ivan Reitman directed this. I believe he took the check and then sent the neighbour kids out to direct.
Don't waste your time on this. If you need to see a football movie that then throw in The Program.
Nothing else in this movie was believable or likable.
The script was terrible from the perspectives of character development, NFL knowledge, conversation, tension, and plot development. There are no characters in this movie to which you want to develop an attachment. All are flat and two dimensional. Several characters are in the movie for no reason other than distraction like Mom, girlfriend, ex wife, intern, etc. The NFL stuff, where to even begin? I won't get in to it. If you are an NFL wonk you see all the stupidity. If you don't care about football you won't care about the lack of realism.
For the rest of the script where is the central conflict? Is the conflict sticking with a decision you had already made while your mom is in the building? Perhaps the conflict was how did the Browns owner get from midtown to Teeterborough, catch a flight to Cleveland and then drive to his office in a matter of 20-40 minutes of real time? Perhaps he was having a gun battle with angry fans along the way? Perhaps I just wrote the script for Transporter 8?
To go with the bad script the direction and acting were stiff and formulaic. Granted what can you expect when you cast Crash Davis in the lead? And I refuse to believe Ivan Reitman directed this. I believe he took the check and then sent the neighbour kids out to direct.
Don't waste your time on this. If you need to see a football movie that then throw in The Program.