Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Britton, Derek Luke
A drama that chronicles the entire 1988 season of the Permian High Panthers of Odessa, Texas, with football players, coaches, mothers, fathers, pastors, boosters, fans and families struggling with ong...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 18, 2005
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Stats: 8,654 reviews
Flixster Reviews (8,654)
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June 17, 2008Very good movie. Much like other sports movies, this one was very motivational.
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May 27, 2008The football movie is a pretty tried and true formula. But, where many others are predictable and fairly shallow, Friday Night Lights takes an insightful look into the players and their motivation. The intricacies of American football do not translate well to an international aud...( read more)
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May 1, 2008Football movies. You either love them or hate them. Me - I don't mind watching them, I don't find them particularly interesting but I can survive watching one. This is one of the better ones that I have seen, probably because of the cast including Billy Bob Thornton. And it was e...( read more)
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October 24, 2007One of the best sports movies ever made. A powerful, compelling and gripping emotional powerhouse. The characters and the story and incrediably inspirational. Billy Bob Thorton is electrifying.
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September 23, 2009This isn't a standard flick, or like that dreaded "Tv Spin-off", it is gutwrenching and a great fiulm. A must see for any sports fan.
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September 13, 2009such an anomaly for me, since i usually didn't like american football movie that much, but this movie is different
Critic Reviews
October 8, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
October 8, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie demonstrates the power of sports to involve us; we don't live in Odessa and are watching a game played 16 years ago, and we get all wound up. full review
October 7, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Peter Berg directs this Texas high school football extravaganza in a tough, gritty style that gives it an unusually fine and vivid sense of place. full review
October 7, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Berg takes you so deep into the action, you can hear the bones crunch. full review
October 7, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
As football movies go, it's a great one. full review
October 7, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film feels like an anthology of cliches from a hundred football movies. full review
October 6, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Director Peter Berg's adaptation is the cinematic equivalent of a recovered fumble: not disastrous, but also not terribly good. full review
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