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All the Right Moves (1983)

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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 11  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5/10

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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... 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 against his coach and his town, Stef takes up with Lisa Litski (Lea Thompson), an attractive schoolmate and talented saxophone player. Cruise graduated to leading man status with this film, one of many early 1980s pictures with strong teen identities. His sexy, defiant presence carries the film. First-time director Michael Chapman (cinematographer of TAXI DRIVER and many other films) proves himself especially adept in capturing the intense football sequences. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Chris Penn, Leon Robinson

Director: Michael Chapman

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 12, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Mono - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer - English
  • 2. Original Theatrical Trailer - Spanish
  • 3. Previews

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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2/5

Cliched and clunky. Not really a great showcase for Cruise or Chris Penn.

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08/07/07
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
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Passable teen/sports movie.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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his naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football.

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08/07/07
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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1.5/4

This cliche-riddled picture was the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Michael Chapman, who took no risks in his first time out.

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08/07/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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3/5

he 1983 film presents a fairly realistic portrait of high school life and is best at evoking the rhythm of emotions that come with overcast autumn days, factory layoffs, high school football and young romance. If you start examining the details of the plo

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06/15/07
Douglas Pratt
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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.

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04/04/07
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

Cruise has always been an underrated actor, but this is early "non wacko" Cruise

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02/26/07
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews
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2/5

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07/01/05
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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3/5

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07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

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06/25/05
Moriarty
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3/4

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).

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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2/5

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03/22/04
Frank Swietek
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3/5

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03/22/04
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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3/5

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01/30/04
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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3/5

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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3/5

For all its air of realism and grit, the film has a fairy-tale quality.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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3/5

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04/10/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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3/5

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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0.5/4

An ending so unlikely in that forlorn uplift way that an insulin shot should be offered as part of the DVD's packaging.

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04/13/02
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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All the Right Moves is a low-key, well-acted and beautifully photographed slice-of-life “people” story.

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03/08/02
Scott Weinberg
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