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All the Right Moves (1983)
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Most films about high school football players usually fall into one of two categories: glossy jock romance or locker-room sex farce. This one defies the odds and scores both as decent character study and decidedly unsentimental sports melodrama. It's not only a helluva coming-of-age yarn, but also, like Paul Newman's Slapshot, it's a bracing look at the hopes and dreams of blue-collar survivors. Tom Cruise plays a mill-town football star determined to escape the same traps that ensnared his parents. Craig T. Nelson, in a terrific villain role, is the coach who takes revenge when Cruise's ambitions drift a little too close to home....
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| All the Right Moves Movie Review by Thom (7/8/2008) |
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In my own personal awards show, All the Right Moves would easily be one of my favorite five of 1983. While the world rails against Tom Cruise for being Tom Cruise, I can't forget the seemingly endless series of entertaining movies of which he's been a part. Say what you will, he has pretty good taste in film, especially in...
(complete All the Right Moves review by Thom)
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