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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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