Tittle, Dick Butkus, Johnny Unitas, etc.) were terrific. The action sequences were solid and the cameos (LT, Jim Brown, Y.A. Gene Hackman was believable as an old-school head coach.
Too early to tell for the Disney film released Friday.ĭespite Keanu Reeves at quarterback, this was a surprisingly entertaining yarn about the strike season of 1987.
Click here to send a comment about the best - or worst - football film you've ever seen. We want you to be an amateur film critic as well. Upon the occasion of Friday's release of Denzel Washington's "Remember the Titans," takes the opportunity to look back at some of the most notable football movies (listed in reverse chronological order):īut don't just take our word for it. Oh, sure, there have been some admirable efforts, led by Burt Reynolds' 1974 prison story, "The Longest Yard," and "North Dallas Forty" from 1979 (despite the image of Mac Davis playing a quarterback).īut it seems each time we get pumped up about the release of a new football movie - as we did last year for Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday" - we end up as disappointed as a Buffalo Bills fan on Super Bowl Sunday. When it comes to football movies, the film vault is filled with plenty of fumbles.īurt Reynolds hit paydirt in "The Longest Yard." GEN - reviews history of football movies
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