The Replacements: Critic Reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

20

A field goal, not a touchdown.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Don't be fooled. The movie is bad -- very, very bad.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

The Replacements is pretty good when it sticks to comedy. Unfortunately, it doesn't.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)

A frankly formulaic but agreeably funny comedy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com (Top Critic)

A new low in the career of director Howard Deutch.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

The film is a smooth and polished product.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nekesa Mumbi Moody Associated Press (Top Critic)

A retread of an oft-used Hollywood plot.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

10

A haphazard film about half as sophisticated as the average beer commercial.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

80

Lightweight but likeable football story.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com

40

At least the ending doesn't cop out. There is no big happy ending where everyone gets a pro football gig or a big Nike ad campaign.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

40

Football flick has a great lineup, but fumbles the ball.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

75

The Replacements is a bad movie, but a likable one.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

Wearing the same blank expression that's become his trademark, Reeves proves that after 15 years in movies he still can't deliver a joke.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Prairie Miller WBAI Web Radio

...what we have here is your basic feelgood comedy about scabs..
Full Review » 11 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

50

There isn't a single bone of originality in its entire 110-minute running time, yet it just almost works out of sheer force of will.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Shawn Levy Oregonian

Is dang near the worst picture in Hackman's lengthy -- and fairly spotty -- resume.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Widgett Walls Needcoffee.com

50

What could have been a good football comedy doesn't even meet the level of personal fave 'Wildcats', or even the more recent 'Varsity Blues'.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Shay Casey Conceited Critic

63

It's almost entirely indistinguishable from every other sports movie ever made.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Duane Dudek Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The game scenes have little coherence or momentum.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bob Aulert culturevulture.net

A shabby patchwork of a film, one that lip-synchs it's way through an old and timeworn situation without any attempt to add something new or interesting.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bill Chambers Film Freak Central

20

The jokes are fusty and/or unpleasant.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steve Simels TV Guide's Movie Guide

40

There isn't a Rocky-esque cliche the film doesn't tackle, throw gasping to the ground and flog to death.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Harvey S. Karten Compuserve

50

Settles for mere fluff when a solid sports film could feature all the bone-crushing body crunches while still investigating real issues.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Edward Johnson-Ott NUVO Newsweekly

50

A pretty anemic piece of work.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Randall King Winnipeg Sun

Utilizing state-of-the-art methods in the science of statistics, I have determined there will be virtually no audience for The Replacements.
Full Review » 12 years ago