Did you people see the same film I saw?

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I could never actually throw a baseball well. My body just never exactly grasped the mechanics to do it like I should and after playing a game my elbow was swollen and throbbing.Football, on the other hand, I was good at. Throwing a spiral was no problem for me, nor was making the ball go where I wanted it to, and, let's face it, any fool can read can read an offense like an open book, especially in high school.Defense was always more fun to play. Freshman year when I was on offense...hated it. A year later when I got moved to the big "D" I actually enjoyed playing...So I played football...but I watched baseball.Even now that I'm old, I could still care less if the Bears win or lose...the Cubs on the other hand, well, that is an obsession.So when a football movie comes out, I don't exactly flock to the theaters to see it and afterwards, I don't buy it on DVD and watch it over and over again to get me through the long winters.But there are a few good ones."Any Given Sunday" is just brilliant. There is a lot to watch in that movie from the start to the finish, from the inside of the NFL to the game itself."Necessary Roughness" is a totally different beast. It approaches the movie like, well, like it's a baseball movie. It does it with a sense of humor and not a steroidal rage. It's not as concerned about being tough as it is about getting laughs.It all makes for a fun movie to watch. The jokes are awesome, especially when they target football itself, as a sport. And when they do so, its a little more subtle, it's more in the language you heard from your coaches, the references that seem to travel from locker room to locker room across the country.BUT, don't worry, the bulk of the movie and the sense of humor comes from the characters in the film and not the game itself. You don't have to understand the lingo, if you never had to take a knee and get screamed at by an old man with his pants hitched up too high, it doesn't matter, the movie can carry itself without appealing to sports fans.When you sit down for a movie, it should entertain you. That is the base level of any movie and "Necessary Roughness" does that better than most.

So...is this an episode of 'Quantum Leap' following the constant adventures of 'Sam Beckett'?. No?! well it sure as hell seems like it as the ever cuddly Scott Bakula portrays the same character he's always ever portrayed with the exact same haircut too...geez dude!. So lets not beat around the bush here, this is the late in the day 'Major League' clone that shamelessly rips every clichéd idea from that film whilst attempting to look all innocent by turning it into a college football flick.The plot is different of course, but end of the day it still involves a coach and his assistant trying to muster together a half decent team which ultimately ends up being a bunch of misfits, freaks, girls and Scott Bakula. From there on we get all the regular sports clichés and predictable fluff such as the team losing all the time, losing faith in their coach, a soppy romance, a rival team of assholes, the resurgence of the team and one man behind the scenes taking joy in the teams failure and trying to amplify it.I think the problem with this film other than the fact its a lame clone, is they simply haven't created any fun characters to follow or care about. As I've already said Bakula plays the same character he always does, then you have a bloke who thinks he's a samurai warrior, the nerdy guy with specs, a huge Samoan guy, an Aussie?! (why would an Aussie be there?), a black guy who can't catch, a ex-military obsessed bloke, a female kicker and finally the hilarious comedian Sinbad...add sarcastic quips here. There are of course other faceless jock meathead players also.Hell to even make sure they copied every single aspect of 'Major League' they even have a light-hearted announcer for the games...and its Rob Schneider! oh the quality. I really shouldn't keep going on about the similarities but its impossible not too! just look at the films poster, its identical in every way! unbelievable!.The only big change in this film is the team doesn't actually win any league or championship in the end, they lose a load, tie a game and their final game of the season they manage to beat the top team but that's it. They presumably still end up near the bottom of their group or league, so we don't get the obligatory montage of wins when they turn their game around. What we do get is a sickly bit of crap when their coach goes into hospital of a suspected heart attack just in time for the final big game against the top team. We then get a vomit inducing scene where second in command Loggia tells the team to go and win it for the coach, possibly his last wish on Earth. Personally I thought this was all a set up to get the team to play well, or at least Loggia's character was exaggerating the illness and the coaches last words on purpose. Nope it was all for real, the illness isn't as bad as suspected, but the shitty clichéd corny attempt at a rousing emotional scene was indeed for real.This really is a prime example of an early 90's straight to the videoshop piece of turd trying to leech off the success of another earlier franchise. There are literately no redeeming features anywhere I can think of, its not funny, its not cheeky or rude as suggested by the poster, you have no interest in any characters, even the game sequences aren't very good or exciting...its just poorly made trash that didn't need to be made.2/10

So why review a 21 year old movie? Easy. Good movies have no expiration date, and this is certainly one of them. At the time, the NCAA was going through all sorts of problems with player bribes, payoffs, faked grades, violations from steroids to hookers to cars for the players. This movie was brave enough to face these problems and gives an accurate picture of trying to build a football team from a bunch of wanna be's and never were's. Scott Bakula is perfect in the role, neither attempting to affect a fake Texas drawl nor over playing the role. Hector Elizondo and Robert Loggia, two veteran actors who could easily dominate the film, instead add their considerable talents to make the film believable. Several great touches are added, including Rob Schneider as the announcer for the games, and the appearance of a prison team arranged by Dean Elias (Larry Miller, the schmuck you love to hate) adds an extreme and interesting comic scene. Dick Butkus, Earl Campbell, Roger Craig, Ben Davidson, Tony Dorsett, Evander Holyfield, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Jim Kelly, Jerry Rice, Hershel Walker, and Randy White are the prison football players, and if you have to ask who they are, you need to head over to the NFL Hall of Fame (Except for Evander Holyfield, former Heavyweight Champion of the World). The film is cohesive, the language is minimal, and the violence is limited to the football field, practice, and a slight altercation between two teams at Billy Bob's. Collectible if you are a fan of good sports movies, and definitely a great film for the family on a Saturday night.

I enjoyed this movie for what it is, a Hollywood underdog, sports movie. Lots of clichés, but it worked for me.I recently saw it on cable, and then on DVD, because something was bothering me. I could swear that a few scenes were different than when I saw it originally. First, I could have sworn that there was a scene where the Suzanne Carter character pulled out her old scrapbook that had Bakula's high school sports clippings. Also, at the Gatorade shower scene, I thought that Coach Gennero was going to get drenched but he scooted away. It's weird, neither of those scenes were in the DVD or the current cable version. Geez, maybe my memory is playing tricks on me.Anyhow, if you liked Major League, and football, you should enjoy this movie.