Necessary Roughness

Necessary Roughness (1991)

  • 25% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 45% of users liked it
    (9,085 ratings)

After a recruitment scandal, a struggling college football team is forced to turn to a rag-tag group of misfits in this sports comedy. It seems that Texas State University's football team has relied on some rather unorthodox -- and illegal -- methods to gain players, resulting in the… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Stan Dragoti
Written By
Rick Natkin, David J. Fuller
Genres
Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 27, 1991 Wide
On DVD
Jan 30, 2001
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Kicks goals both as a comedy and sports Pic

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    "Major League" on the gridiron, if that's what you need

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Necessary Roughness is a mildly entertaining comedy. This is not the type of film that is hysterically funny, but more mildly funny. There are a few chuckles here and there, but never anything hilarious. There's a decent cast here and they make the film work well. Though not a… More

  • Phil H


    This only gets a reasonable score cos of the cast. There's a great line up here of new and old faces. The film is the usual collection of sports cliches and very predictable, its fun but its been done many many times before. The NFL version of major league.

  • xGary X


    A fairly run of the mill sports movie with all the cliches in place, but Bakula and Elizondo are always very likeable.

  • danny d


    pretty good flick, kathy ireland in her prime

  • Dean M


    Good comedy with a college in a terrible football team. Model Kathy Ireland's cool for kicking one of other team's player's balls. Opps!

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