The Replacements
Metascore
30 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - 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. 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.
  2. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    Sometimes seems longer than a rainy Super Bowl.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    30
    Lame even by triumph-of-the-underdog sports-comedy standards.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Marc Caro
    25
    This is the laziest kind of filmmaking.
  5. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    So vulgar and incoherent that even Hackman's gifts can't score a touchdown.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    25
    You might want to sit out this season.
  7. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    25
    A movie so lame that Keanu Reeves lends it gravity with his mere presence.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    20
    A field goal, not a touchdown.
  9. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: J. Rentilly
    20
    Mind-achingly mediocre in every regard.
  10. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    12
    Like two hours of outtakes in search of a studio audience.
  11. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    10
    It's absolutely awful, and even Gene Hackman can't carry it across the goal line.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    10
    A haphazard film about half as sophisticated as the average beer commercial.
  15. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    10
    A desperate, broad comedy.
  16. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    10
    This programmatic male-bonding comedy doesn't even borrow well.
  17. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    0
    The worst movie of the new millennium.

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User Score
7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. Scamp4553
    0
    You know, I hate sports movies with a passion, but THIS takes the cake. This movie is not only the worst of the worst sports movies ever made, but it is also one of the worst movies ever made. It's actually an insult to people who enjoy movies who actually spend their time watching them. I can't tell you the last time I was so angry watching a movie. If you enjoy watching the same exact plot onscreen with the most juvenile, wretched, and laziest jokes and the most unnecessary use of popular songs, look no further than The Replacements. Everything about this movie is TRASH. From the boring plotline, to the cliched characters, to the extreme lack of any surprises, this movie deserves a trip to the local dump. Even the way this sport is executed in this movie bring it down to new lows. This movie does not deserve to be in anyone's collection or else it will get polluted. This movie deserves to be taken out of every store that sells it. It's just one of the most insulting movies I have ever seen in my life, and I beg you not to watch it!… Full Review »
  2. 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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