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The Replacements

2000Movie1 h 58 minPG-13

Comedy
51
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic307.3Rotten Tomatoes41%66%
51
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic307.3Rotten Tomatoes41%66%

Summary

Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job.

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  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

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  • Lifts you up.
  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.

Not for big ideas, scares or brutality.

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Who Needs Overtime?Rare · in 17 titlesIn a must-win game, the Sentinels score a late touchdown and opt to go for two and the win instead of kicking the extra point for the tie.Take a Third OptionRare · in 44 titlesIn the final game, Nigel, the team's kicker, reveals on the last play that he's going to lose his bar to some Mafia guys because he owes them money from betting at the track.All 81 tropes

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