The Replacements

starring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, Faizon Love
directed by: Howard Deutch

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790751535
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790751534
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 1267
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 2000

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The Replacements manages to be both completely formulaic and yet immensely enjoyable. When a professional football players' strike happens, the owner of a fictitious team, the Washington Sentinels, commissions maverick coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) to pull together a team. McGinty selects a collection of talented oddballs--a Welsh soccer player, a sumo wrestler, a couple of professional bodyguards--with athletic pasts, figuring that if it doesn't work out as a game, it might as well be a circus. To lead the team, he finds Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves), a once-promising player who had a disastrous championship game. Naturally, despite squabbling and bickering, a roguish camaraderie develops through a mixture of racial infighting, harassment from the striking professionals, and a big bar brawl--after which they're all thrown in jail and perform the most improbable impromptu dance number ever committed to film. The mixture of cheerfully cliché plot mechanics, an engaging collection of supporting actors (including Orlando Jones, Rhys Ifans from Notting Hill, and Jon Favreau from Swingers), and sheer ridiculousness somehow combines to make The Replacements completely entertaining. Reeves is somehow turning into a pleasant leading man; he even emotes convincingly in this movie. And let's face it, Gene Hackman is quite possibly the greatest actor alive, able to speak the trashiest dialogue with fierce conviction. Plus, just to prove that the tight pants and close huddles of football are heterosexual, there are many, many shots of cheerleaders going through stripper-inspired routines. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Coach from Hoosiers + Plot from Major League = Good sports movie?
When Gene Hackman is in a sports movie, it's impossible to see him as anyone other than coach Norman Dale from Hoosiers. Unfortunately, Keanu Reeves is more Shooter than he is Jimmy Chitwood. Nonetheless, this travesty of a sports movie was given the nod, and the rest is history.

The setup for the movie is stolen straight from Major League. A pro team has no players, but this time it's a strike instead of an insane owner. A wily, unknown coach is hired to build a team. A motley crew of assorted clichés is soon picked up.

Once again Coach Hackman amazes with his complete ... Read More

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- Great Cast-Great Movie!
The Replacements brings to the screen the story of a substitute squad called in to get the Washington Sentinels to the playoffs following a walkout by professional football players over pay. Things become rather complicated when the replacements turn out to be a mismatch of misfits, `have-beens,' and `never-was'...
The Replacements comes across as an action film but in fact it is all about human relations, hope, and second chances.
Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton (who is simply GORGEOUS!), Rhys Ifans, Jon Favreau, and the rest of this great cast, have outdone themselves with their ... Read More

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- Great Movie
Even though it's a sports movie, it is great. Received in quick time. Was pleased with the product, and delivery.

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- Don't Know Why I Like It, But I Do
This movie is one of a rarity for me: a cliche that works. The plot is as old as time--a bunch of misfits recruited to pull off something incredible, in this case a playoff appearance for the hometown football team after all the regulars go on strike.

The characters are the same, the plot is the same, and the ending is so obvious even Stevie Wonder could see it coming. But for some reason I still like it. I know this isn't exactly a ringing endorsement, but check it out anyway--you might be pleasantly surprised.

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- Christmas Gift
this product was great! The price was great (although I had to pay an arm and a leg for next day shipping to get it in time for christmas)

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