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)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:10
Rotten:9
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Chris Penn
Director: Michael Chapman
Reviews for All the Right Moves
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticPassable teen/sports movie.
06/24/06
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03/26/09
Top Critichis naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football.
08/07/07
Top CriticThis cliche-riddled picture was the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Michael Chapman, who took no risks in his first time out.
08/07/07
Top CriticMarred 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
Cruise has always been an underrated actor, but this is early "non wacko" Cruise
02/26/07
No review available.
07/01/05
No review available.
06/25/05
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 CriticNo review available.
03/22/04
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01/30/04
No review available.
08/22/03
For all its air of realism and grit, the film has a fairy-tale quality.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
04/10/03
No review available.
07/30/02
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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