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  • 1993
  • PG
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 1993
  • PG
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m

Summary "Look at you. You're 5-foot-nothin' and you weigh a hundred and nothin', and with hardly a speck of athletic ability." Rudy (Sean Astin) has always been told that he was too short and too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of not only practicing with The Notre Dame Fighting Iri...

Directed By: David Anspaugh

Written By: Angelo Pizzo

  • 1993
  • PG
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 1993
  • PG
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m

Rudy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary "Look at you. You're 5-foot-nothin' and you weigh a hundred and nothin', and with hardly a speck of athletic ability." Rudy (Sean Astin) has always been told that he was too short and too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of not only practicing with The Notre Dame Fighting Iri...

Directed By: David Anspaugh

Written By: Angelo Pizzo

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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90
In fact, the film is so uplifting, I felt like calling up Lou Holtz for brunch.
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88
Astin's performance is so self-effacing, so focused and low-key, that we lose sight of the underdog formula and begin to focus on this dogged kid who won't quit. And the last big scene is an emotional powerhouse, just the way it's supposed to be.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
If it's a spirit-lifter you want, Rudy is the perfect pep rally for your soul. [13 Oct 1993, p.8D]
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW
67
If you resist the ride, this will come across as saccharine and obvious, but powered by Astin and fueled by such fine performers as Beatty, Prosky, Taylor and Dutton, the film .
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63
Just as Anspaugh and Pizzo pushed all the obvious buttons with their high school basketballers in "Hoosiers," so they turn Rudy into the "Rocky" of South Bend. It may be that Rudy's crowning piece of perseverance consisted of his dogging Anspaugh and Pizzo to film his story. It must be a comfort to Hoosiers Larry Bird and Don Mattingly to know that when the time comes for their biofilms, Anspaugh and Pizzo are in the phone book. [13 Oct 1993, p.75]
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
50
Tedious sports inspirational that genuflects before the mythology of Notre Dame football with the story of a walk-on who fulfilled a lifelong dream of suiting up for the Irish. [26 May 1994, p.E05]
By Desmond Ryan FULL REVIEW
50
Without understanding his motives, it becomes easy to lose patience with a character so obsessively devoted to a single, largely meaningless goal. Ultimately, RUDY is an inconsequential, if moving, contribution to the sports-movie genre.
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.1
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13% Mixed
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Production Company TriStar Pictures
Release Date Oct 22, 1993
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating PG
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Tagline When people say dreams don't come true, tell them about Rudy
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Awards

Christopher Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Heartland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination

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