The Replacements

Another American football saga. When the pro players go on strike for more money towards the end of the season, desperate team owners bring in second-stringers to fulfill their match commitments. We follow one team, and in particular, their quarterback, who has a problem performing well under extreme pressure. Will he be able to pull himself together as they make their way towards the playoffs?

115 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Language, Violence) .
Comedy, Drama, Male conflict & bonding

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau, Jack Warden, Rhys Ifans
Director	Howard Deutch
Screenplay	Vince McKewin
Music	John Debney
Cinematography	Tak Fujimoto
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2000
Produced by	Bel Air Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Movies for Africa Ian Douglas	5
Cape Argus Derek Wilson	1
The Cape Times Gordon Glynn-Jones	15
The Star Joanna Rix	12
Die Burger Herman Wasserman	1
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
TV3 Screenplay Barry Ronge	14
eye Weekly Gemma Files	10
Box Office Michael Tunison	8
Rough Cut J. Rentilly	6
What the People say
Internet 896 Netizens	14
Average .. 46%	9

Visitor Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
Lindy Rossouw	16
Chris Shao	4
Average .. 50%	10

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: American football continues to baffle me, still looking not much more than a costumed streetfight. The plotline is as predictable as can be, from the results to the love story. Seems to be the kiddie version of ''Any Given Sunday'', especially considering the mostly tame language.

Clinton van Deventer (31): Very good movie.

Lindy Rossouw (20): Even though the plot and some of the dialogue of the movie was very predictable, the movie was hilarious! Two of the characters in the movie, the ''wiry'' Welsh football player and the ex-army football player, really saved this movie with their antics. An absolute must if you don't want a lot of drama, but would like to relax and have a lot of fun watching losers become heroes.

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The Replacements

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 46%

Visitor Ratings

Average .. 50%

Visitor Comments