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- 1986
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
Summary A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: Ron Shelton
- 1986
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
The Best of Times
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Summary A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: Ron Shelton
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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45% Mixed
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18% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
57
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It’s a story idea that seems dubious at first, but manages to flesh out wondrously--mostly because scenarist Ron Shelton has such a wickedly tight grip on the absurdities and dynamics of small American cities.
With the help of Williams' quirky charm and a rock-solid performance by Kurt Russell, the feat is made believable. Well, most of the time. [3 Feb 1986]
It’s hardly a great Williams performance, nor would it make the short list of really good football movies, but there’s something very sweet and innocent about it—especially Williams’ hopeless dreamer.
The two teams, older and mostly fatter, train and play, and I trust I won't be ruining anything for you if I say there are no surprises. Screenwriter Ron Shelton has constructed a stand-up-and-cheer machine, and while the machine works, it doesn't make you feel any better about being run through it.
The Best of Times will make points with football fans, and it might even score with believers in the human comedy. But, oh, what a disappointing first half. [1 Feb 1986, p.C4]
THE muddy football game that concludes The Best of Times is such a rouser that it almost makes up for the incomplete passes and stopped runs that precede it.
Although Russell and Williams have good rapport, Williams' unique improvisational talents are restricted by the script (save for the hilarious training sequence), and the film suffers for it.
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