The Replacements (2000)

Directed by

Howard Deutch

Genre

comedy film, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,087 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pro football team hires replacement players during a strike. A ragtag group of misfits and has-beens come together to play games for the regular season.

light-heartedunderdogenergeticfunnynostalgicupbeatteam-spirited

What happens

The Replacements is a 2000 sports comedy film directed by Howard Deutch and starring Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Rhys Ifans, Jon Favreau, and Jack Warden in his last film appearance before his death in 2006. The movie was loosely based on the 1987 NFL strike, specifically the Washington Redskins, who won all three replacement games without any of their regular players and went on to win Super Bowl XXII. Though the film is a story of the replacement players, the Falco–Martel quarterback controversy is quite similar to the one in the post-strike Washington controversy between Doug Williams and Jay Schroeder. Hackman narrated the episode of NFL Network's America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions devoted to that team. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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