Friday Night Lights

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Friday Night Lights

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Friday Night Lights

Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Britton, Derek Luke, Garrett Hedlund, Grover Coulson, Jay Hernandez, Lee Thompson Young, Lucas Black, Tim McGraw

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  read more... )oing personal conflicts while the team fights for a state championship. A town for sale, Odessa, Texas has seen better days--the financial bust evident in its boarded-up shops and broken lives. Yet one hope sustains the community where, once a week during the fall, the town and its dreams come alive beneath the dazzling and disorienting Friday night-lights. When the Permian High Panthers take to the field. In a city where economic uncertainty has eroded the spirit of its inhabitants, nearly everyone seeks comfort in the religion of the Friday night ritual, where the unfulfilled dreams of an entire community are shifted onto the shoulder pads of a team of high-school athletes.

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  • irisheyes686
    June 17, 2008
    irisheyes686
    Very good movie. Much like other sports movies, this one was very motivational.
  • garystev
    May 27, 2008
    garystev
    The 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)ience, but the non-sporty moments more than make up for that. The spirit of these young men is inspiring and my goodness, those Texans really love their football.
  • DeppLover
    May 1, 2008
    DeppLover
    Football 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)njoyable to watch.

    I can imagine that there's not too many possibilities of what to include in a sports movie like this, but they made it as interesting as it could be. It's not like they just go out and play football and they win or loose. It's much more than that. I really liked the way that each of the key players in the team were explored more with their family life etc. They don't just go out and play football. And we were shown in great extent the relationships of the players to the coach, rather than him just shouting out what was to happen during the game.

    I have said it before and I will say it again, Billy Bob Thornton can ace any role. In this case though, there wasn't as much to the coach as some of his other characters, but he still delivered a solid performance. It was nice to see stars like Lucas Black in this film too, another great performance from one of his earlier films. I am a huge fan of Garrett Hedlund so for me he was outstanding, I loved seeing him as one of the players. There were some other great actors in this film, some performances not as good as others. But I can settle with saying the acting in this was well above average, two thumbs up to that!

    The rating would be higher for me if I really liked these football movies. It definitely gets 3 stars for the acting, amazing cast and a story more than just any other sport film would have. See it for yourself if it sounds like your kind of movie. Otherwise, if you can't stand football movies, steer clear of this. Enjoy it!
  • jagfire
    January 22, 2008
    jagfire
    He misses the last TD by half a yard.
  • allan913
    October 24, 2007
    allan913
    One 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.
  • CherrySoda99
    December 7, 2009
    CherrySoda99
    I seriously love this movie, and I'm not even a football fan. The story is fantastic, and the actors are great.
  • willsilke
    December 4, 2009
    willsilke
    I have never liked any any so-called American-football movie, so when I watched this (admittedly at home one night cause there was nothing else on) I was not exactly waiting for it to be anything but what had gone before. I was however completely stunned by the excellent script, ...( read more)near perfect pace of directing, bang-on casting and the performance of the young assembly. Berg is without doubt a director of note. Hate to say it, but this is genuinely a truly wonderful movie; its not about the football (thank god) rather about the highs and lows of youth before it hits the "other" reality of adulthood. The post-script says it all.
  • Clowserm
    November 27, 2009
    Clowserm
    love it own it watched it 3 times!
  • blackeyedsurfer
    November 27, 2009
    blackeyedsurfer
    I probably would have liked this more if I had even the slightest interest in football.
  • free2me122003
    November 6, 2009
    free2me122003
    tim Mcgraw...what a shame for a role play but thats good.
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