All the Right Moves

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Poe S Mar 16, 2018 There's a familiar and welcome tonal ambiance here that perfectly captures something of the American high school experience: the cheerleaders, pep rallies, high-intensity football games, makin' it for the first time in the backseat of your girl's car. Those are of course all cliches, and the movie never rises beyond banality, even as its fairy-tale ending aims for something higher and fumbles. See more

Draco R Mar 2, 2018 This is a nice movie and a nice movie with Tom Cruise where he is the main actor. It's a movie about an american football player who wishes to get into a good college by being good at football. When I started watching it I thought it's gonna be a typical sports movie where the team loses at the beginning, but in the end of the movie they get really good and win the championship. This is not the case, the movie is not about that. It is more of a story of a football player and his conflict with the people who surround him. This is what I've learned in this movie: Sometimes when people are angry or emotional they might say something that they don't really mean and might regret later. So it is not worth starting a war and hating each other, but it is always worth giving people a second chance, but also checking yourself, checking if it wasn't your fault as well. Sometimes it's really hard to stay calm when you hate someone, but ** it is not worth burning the bridges **. Also after watching this movie I have an impression that if you are a good sportsman you don't really need to be smart and university will still keep you and give you a degree? See more

Theodore G Sep 6, 2017 The behavior of the characters in All the Right Moves was shockingly realistic, just like a real group of high school kids. It felt so authentic that I kind of hated all of these characters (to be fair, I didn’t exactly have a great high school experience myself.) The one thing that stood out as unique in, though, was that the boys in this movie seemed to have a purpose to their lives and ambition instead of being hyper-focused on sports and considering it the be-all-end-all of their lives. The idea of what they wanted to do with their lives played a significant role in the third act of the film, which was where I became most engaged with the story. The passive-aggressive confrontation between Tom Cruise and Craig T. Nelson was great and culminated in a solid climax. Of course, Lea Thompson is always going to be a big positive for me because she is the perfect girl-next-door, so I loved her role. There was a section of the film in the second act where I thought All the Right Moves lost its way and didn’t have anywhere to go, almost like they were spinning their wheels and filling time until the climax. I appreciated the way it ended, but the combination of unlikable main characters and some significant slow parts left me a bit disappointed with the overall film. Also football was too small a part of the plot, which made me sad because I love the sport and think it works great in film. I realize it wasn't the story they wanted to tell, but I would have loved a more football-focused story. See more

Kylo R Jul 18, 2017 Story about a small Pittsburg town football team and a kid who gets blackballed by the coach for talking back to him. I rather enjoyed this movie. One of the few by Cruise I do like. I loved the football scenes, very realistic. The ending is really cliched but I still didn't mind it. Good movie. See more

Hagrid P Jun 13, 2017 The movie is not a typical high school movie. It touches on real issues such as education, social economic status, and poverty. There is no glitz and glamor In the movie you see people losing their jobs and you see how someone can become a product of their surroundings. The reality of Tom Cruise character Stefan Djordjevic is that if he doesn't make the right choices he could end up working in the steal mill for the rest of his life. Stefan in the movie is constantly fighting the idea of working in the mill for the rest of his life while trying to keep his dream alive of getting out of the town. In the end a confrontation between him and his coach about his coach lying to scouts leads to his coach realizing that he was wrong, which leads to Stefan getting a full ride college scholarship. While most movies are not realistic, All The Right Moves nails it on realism. See more

Harry M Apr 9, 2017 Good overall effort but falls a little short of honest expression, if you may.

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