ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

callahannicole21 Great college football film. The cast clicked and the direction was outstanding. This film takes you behind the scenes as to what goes on in College Football. The politics, the drugs, the drinking, the pressure involved, and just the work ethic and what it takes to be a good Football team. Great value as far as the locations, the football games seemed so real, with the crowds, very convincing movie. I loved it all the way around. If people dislike this movie, it is probably due to wishing their doing better things with their lives. I agree with a comment, this is one of the best football films of the 90's. Without a doubt. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.Great performances by Caan, Berry, Epps, and most of the others.

Hang_All_Drunkdrivers Not really much plot - just life on a major college football team with the emphasis on their Heisman candidate QB and the freshman RB. James Caan dominates the film as the head coach who has seen it all and, after two losing seasons in a row, knows he needs a winner . Has this guy ever been in a really bad movie or given a bad performance? Goes back a long ways - he was making movies with John Wayne in the 60s.Hale Berry (before she became a star) has a big part as the tutor to the star RB. Even looks pretty for about the only time in her career. But the real appeal is Kristy Swanson, the most beautiful women in film history. She plays the QB's girl and is her usual knockout self, though she looks a few pounds overweight.

TheOliveBranch Trips Bunch. The Power I. The Cover 2. If you know what these terms mean, and understand their uses in football strategy, then you'll really enjoy watching David S. Ward's the Program. Ward also wrote and directed Major League, a great movie; however, with The Program, it is obvious how much his sports writing style has evolved.The movie traces one season of college football for a once dominant, but now struggling Division 1 powerhouse, the fictional ESU Timeberwolves. James Caan is hilarious and well-cast as the Head Coach on the hot seat, and it's really great watching him deal with serious issues both on and off the field. Craig Shaeffer does a solid job at both his role and the QB position. His character is like a young, much more tortured Steve Young: he can throw the long ball, he can buy time with his feet, and he can do it all while battling inner demons. Omar Epps (the Wood) is simply perfectly cast as Darnell Jefferson, the prototype freshman Tailback fighting for his spot on the 1st team (plus the beautiful Halle Berry plays his love interest).The movie is filled with hilariously awesome lines and performances, and is a classic among people who actually play football. While the editing work could be scrutinized among movie Nazis (the editing job when Kane and his girl are riding his motorcycle is questionable at times), the good far outweighs the bad. Namely, the in-helmet camera work really puts you on the field with them. Overall, David S. Ward does an excellent job of jumping from perspective to perspective, and it quickly builds into this chaotic, early 90s mosaic of Division 1 college football. And surprisingly, the issues explored in the film really resonate with the issues going on in today's sports (i.e. Steroids, Motorcycle death wishes).Listen, if you haven't seen this movie, and you love football, and are of mild intelligence, then you are either really young or really lucky that you missed it because I wish i could watch it again for the first time. However, if you have no appreciation for the game of football, you're better off going elsewhere. Football idealists, be warned as well. This movie is the anti-Rudy. It's the story of one school's fight for a bowl bid, and fighting for that bid at all costs.PS- My vote is very biased. I love to quote this movie with friends. I love to watch football on both Saturday and Sunday. I play fantasy football. I play Madden. I played Division 3 football in college. You have been warned.

callanvass A VERY good and smart football film that is quite underrated. this only gets a 5.8?????? that's way too low for a very good film in my opinion. It's very well made with a lot of exciting football action, plus the character development was excellent!. I really got to know and feel for the characters, and they were all very likable. The script was excellent and very well written and it had 3 very strong leads. I wasn't expecting much from this movie, it had a great cast but that's about it and it didn't look that appealing to me (MY sister lent it to me so. The direction is great lots of great shots during the Football scenes , wonderful shots of the crowd a lot of really cool zoom in's when the linebackers are closing in on the quarter backs , and keeping it at a perfect pace! great job David!. The acting is EXCELLENT!. James Caan does an excellent job here as the Coach and gave his usual intense performance and i loved it!. Halle Berry was also excellent here and had very good chemistry with Omar Epps!, plus she is beautiful.Omar Epps was AWESOME here and was my 2nd favorite character here, he gave a perfect performance creating a lot of depth to his performance and gave a WONDERFUL performance!. Craig Sheffer was OUTSTANDING here! he hit all the right emotional notes perfectly and gave an OUTSTANDING performance and i felt sorry for his character, plus his chemistry with Kristy Swanson was great, plus he looked like a true Pro! out there(he was my favorite character here. Kristy Swanson was fine with what she had to do and certainly looked good but wasn't on screen that much, but she had good chemistry with Sheffer!.Duane Davis does what he has to do well. Joey Lauren Adams has a couple appearances. Andrew Bryniarski is fine as the Steroid freak and J. Leon Pridgen II is good as the overly jealous boyfriend, Jon Pennell does what he has to do as the Backup QB. Overall. i highly recommend this little gem! **** out of 5