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Wildcats (1986)

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Reviews Counted:17

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Rotten:15

Average Rating:3.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Director Michael Ritchie heads to the gridiron for this good-natured comedy about Molly (Goldie Hawn), the daughter of a famed football coach who's dying to head her own team. When her wish is... Director Michael Ritchie heads to the gridiron for this good-natured comedy about Molly (Goldie Hawn), the daughter of a famed football coach who's dying to head her own team. When her wish is finally granted, Molly leaves her job coaching girl's track at an affluent junior high to take over a football team at an inner-city high school--the kind of place where guard dogs are needed to patrol the campus. At first the new coach's idealism and optimism are suffocated with racial and gender prejudice, but eventually her overriding spirit begins to whip her unruly teammates into shape. At the same time, she must also struggle to win a battle for the custody of her two young daughters. Ritchie's experience combining action with comedy is on full display in WILDCATS, trading off tackles and jokes with a naturalism and ease that is universally crowd pleasing. The film also features a successful blend of veteran and rookie actors, including Nipsey Russell, Swoosie Kurtz, Woody Harrelson, and Wesley Snipes. However, it's Hawn who steals the show--as usual--as the determined and motivated Molly. Her uncanny ability to be humorous and dramatic within the same scene is what makes the film such an entertaining ride. [More]

Starring: Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Nipsey Russell, Bruce McGill

Starring: Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Nipsey Russell, Bruce McGill, M. Emmet Walsh, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, LL Cool J

Director: Michael Ritchie

Director: Michael Ritchie

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Instead of 'believe in yourself', the message becomes simply 'make believe'.

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Silly but not always funny.

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08/12/08
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When Goldie Hawn tangles with high school varsity coach Bruce McGill, anyone can foresee the final confrontation.

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07/22/08
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02/18/07
Jake Euker
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06/26/05
Emanuel Levy
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Goldie coaches the high school football team. Jock strap humor.

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Turns out to be a bore with its locker-room language, its predictable celebration of the underdogs, and its thoroughly tedious subplot about the coach’s custody battle.

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08/25/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Goldie fumbles.

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07/25/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
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Goldie fumbles.

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07/25/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A flaccid football yarn that certainly gains no comedic yardage with the frazzled Goldie Hawn in the starring role.

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05/22/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

All too predictably, Molly rises to this challenge.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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01/24/03
Philip Martin
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Second best football flick ever made.

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12/19/02
Widgett Walls
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11/15/02
Jim Chastain
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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Wildcats is about how spunky Hawn is and how cute it's supposed to be that this little woman can make all those great big football players do what she says.

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01/01/00
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