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The Replacements
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30 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 32
  3. Negative: 17 out of 32
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  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Larry Terenzi
    72
    An agreeably and unapologetically lightweight late-summer blockbuster.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    70
    What The Replacements does have is energy.
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  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    67
    As obvious as they get, and it wears its message on its bloodied jersey.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    63
    Formulaic but surprisingly charming.
  5. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    63
    The story of the triumphant underdog is irresistible, even when every single plot point comes marching down Main Street.
  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Slap-happy entertainment painted in broad strokes, two coats thick.
  7. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    50
    So lazy and rote, it feels like a rerun the first time you watch it.
  8. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    50
    Harmless, mindless and shameless.
  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    Just like a low-budget football comedy, only with money.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    50
    Any ESPN commercial at all leaves it in the dust when it comes to imaginative firepower.
  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    50
    Deutch never raises the film beyond its paint-by-numbers blueprint.
  12. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    50
    Although this movie doesn't have an ounce of depth, it's so thoroughly amiable and upbeat that you'd have to be in a fighting mood to find fault with it.
  13. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    50
    A frankly formulaic but agreeably funny comedy about has-beens, wannabes and never-weres.
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    42
    The incisive, close up photography by ''The Sixth Sense'''s Tak Fujimoto outclasses the story by yards.
  15. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    40
    A genial and instantly forgettable sports comedy.
  16. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    One of those movies that goes for a jarringly new emotion every 30 seconds or so while the story's foundation is collapsing.
  17. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    Sometimes seems longer than a rainy Super Bowl.
  18. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    30
    Lame even by triumph-of-the-underdog sports-comedy standards.
  19. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Marc Caro
    25
    This is the laziest kind of filmmaking.
  20. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    So vulgar and incoherent that even Hackman's gifts can't score a touchdown.
  21. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    25
    You might want to sit out this season.
  22. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    25
    A movie so lame that Keanu Reeves lends it gravity with his mere presence.
  23. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    20
    A field goal, not a touchdown.
  24. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: J. Rentilly
    20
    Mind-achingly mediocre in every regard.
  25. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    12
    Like two hours of outtakes in search of a studio audience.
  26. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    10
    It's absolutely awful, and even Gene Hackman can't carry it across the goal line.
  27. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Sean Means
    10
    A sports movie as distinguishable as one M&M in a bag, working off a formula as easy-to-read as an onsides kick.
  28. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    10
    Merely reconfigures the same predictable gross-out jokes, sentimental platitudes, and decorative sex that figure into half the screenplays in circulation.
  29. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    10
    A haphazard film about half as sophisticated as the average beer commercial.
  30. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    10
    A desperate, broad comedy.
  31. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    10
    This programmatic male-bonding comedy doesn't even borrow well.
  32. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    0
    The worst movie of the new millennium.
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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. BobBrainsmashervonBater
    1
    Mind numbingly formulaic. On the upside, it has some of the worst pep talks I've ever heard. Gene Hackman must have been blackmailed into appearing in this stinker. Comedy for the lobotomized.… Full Review »
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