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  • 2012
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  • Discovery Channel
  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • Discovery Channel
Head Games

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 spo...

Directed By: Tom Kramer

Written By: Tom Kramer

  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • Discovery Channel
  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • Discovery Channel

Head Games

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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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 spo...

Directed By: Tom Kramer

Written By: Tom Kramer

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Sep 20, 2012
The devastating effects of head injuries in sports are detailed in Steve James' wrenching documentary.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Sep 19, 2012
Head Games is particularly devastating when it shifts from the NFL and NHL, where brutality and headshots are a given, to girls' soccer and under-14 football leagues, where still-developing young necks and skulls make kids perhaps more vulnerable to head trauma than their professional counterparts.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
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Sep 20, 2012
It's a complex, determined look at one of the most pernicious problems facing organized sports on all levels.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
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Sep 20, 2012
Finally, there's a sports movie for people who are caught between admiration and fear of athleticism. Neither a triumphant underdog like "Rudy" nor a total weepie like "The Pride of the Yankees," Head Games also deals with the illnesses and premature deaths of talented players.
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Sep 21, 2012
Parents could be making their kids wear helmets to the library by the conclusion of helmer Steve James' science-and-sports docu Head Games, which scores solid hits on everyone from the NFL down to peewee hockey as it links contact sports, concussions and those calling for widespread reformation of the nation's athletic philosophies and priorities.
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Sep 19, 2012
While Head Games does feature a number of articulate and consistently intelligent talking-head interviews, it's ultimately not a satisfying advocacy documentary.
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Sep 20, 2012
Director Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") has a worthy message, but never makes the case that he needs an entire documentary to deliver it.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sharp Entertainment
Release Date Sep 21, 2012
Rating TV-PG
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