Cliched and clunky. Not really a great showcase for Cruise or Chris Penn.
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08/07/07
All the Right Moves (1983)
55 %
Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 11 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: Stefan (Tom Cruise) is determined to leave the sleepy Pennsylvania mining town of Ampipe where he is growing up. An exceptional athlete, Stef sees football as his ticket out. His pursuit of a scholarship, however, brings him at odds with his combative coach (Craig T. Nelson). While rebelling... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Chris Penn, Leon Robinson
Director: Michael Chapman
Reviews
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his naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football.
08/07/07
Top Critic
This cliche-riddled picture was the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Michael Chapman, who took no risks in his first time out.
08/07/07
Marred by a fake happy ending that negates the predominantly gloom mood, this small-town fable is cliche-ridden, though it's nicely shot and well-acted by Tom Cruise as the restless, stifled hero just before he became a star.
04/04/07
The movie gets into the dynamics of the high-school student body and into the tender, complicated relationship between the Cruise character and his girlfriend (Lea Thompson).
10/23/04
Top Critic
For all its air of realism and grit, the film has a fairy-tale quality.
05/20/03
Top Critic
An ending so unlikely in that forlorn uplift way that an insulin shot should be offered as part of the DVD's packaging.
04/13/02
All the Right Moves is a low-key, well-acted and beautifully photographed slice-of-life “people” story.
03/08/02
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