One of these is Shane Falco, an ex-college quarterback whose former team suffered the worst defeat in Sugar Bowl history. McGinty happens to have a list in his head of potential players, most of whom have missed their chance at glory and have dropped off the face of the Earth. His idea is to finish the season with replacement players, aka scabs. The gruff old owner begs his team's former coach, Jimmy McGinty, to work for him again. The Washington Sentinels football team is having an okay season until its league has a players' strike with only four games left until the playoffs. Take The Replacements - please! If someone hadn't apparently cast a spell on Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman which caused them accept roles in this effort, then it would have no reason at all to exist. Perhaps it is true that what the mediocre do best is to defend their turf. Surely thousands of talented and creative people have been turned away by now, yet still the movie business seems to have more than its fair share of incompetents. Today, nearly a century later, this situation remains unchanged. So this movie had me laughing at many scenes, I'm going to have to make this movie part of my annual rotation of great movies I like to see at least once every year.įrom the day the first studio opened in Hollywood in a former farmer's field, there were more people who wanted to be in the movie business than there were jobs available. They are just not interesting or funny AT ALL. Saturday Night Live hasn't been genuinely funny for over a decade, and ALL the late night talk shows feature nothing but "Liber-Medians" that never say anything truly funny! ("Liberal" personalities trying to pass for being "comedians" = LiberMedians. The humor is outstanding! This is a well-written script with original jokes and gag lines that seem SO refreshing compared to modern humor which isn't funny at all. Reeves romantic love interest is a wonderful character (and actress) and their relationship grows into a sizzling glow of love, yet the scenes remain clean and G rated. Plus, this is the first serious role I enjoyed Mr. Even though the story is a fictional take-off from the real-life NFL strike that resulted in temporary non-pro players once upon a time, the actors, script, and production of this movie is first rate! Totally believable football "actors".including Keanu Reeves who can actually throw some darn good passes. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabweįunny movie, REAL humor, not fake like late night talk shows.
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