Head Games
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  • Summary: Head Games is a revealing documentary about the silent concussion crisis in American sports. Athletes from the professional to the youth levels share their personal struggles in dealing with the devastating and long-term effects of concussions, an epidemic fueled by the 'leave everything on the field' culture so prominent in American sport. (Variance Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Sep 20, 2012
    90
    The devastating effects of head injuries in sports are detailed in Steve James' wrenching documentary.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    Sep 20, 2012
    80
    It's a complex, determined look at one of the most pernicious problems facing organized sports on all levels.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    Sep 20, 2012
    80
    Head Games gains credibility and power from compassion for athletes and respect for their accomplishments. But it also tries to open the eyes of sports lovers to dangers that have too often been minimized and too seldom fully understood.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Matt Singer
    Sep 18, 2012
    60
    The results are, cinematically speaking, a little diffuse, but any parent who's contemplating whether they should sign their kids up for Pop Warner this fall may want to watch this first.

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