Picking a football movie to jaw about on the American Thanksgiving is a no-brainer, so it's too bad the football movie in question isn't one with a lot more zing.

 

It's not like The Replacements doesn't have a talented cast, because Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman play the two leads. Keanu is as likable as he usually is as the cheerleader-romancing, picket-line-crossing quarterback. Hackman is just playing this football coach the way he played the basketball coach in Hoosiers, but the man is still pretty good in this because he was always good. Let's just call this inoffensive entertainment that you'll forget about 10 or 20 minutes later. What might not be so forgettable to those who don't like unions is our discussion about strikes and organized labour. We have sympathy both for union members AND to scabs who cross picket lines. It's a complex issue.

 

Anyway, DON'T sack your own QB, but DO sack that play button.

 

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