i just get back from ag . after see it and i be convince that no matter how much it write how he extensively research the film and stone never have watch an nfl game in his life . great cinematography . give me a break . the game montage be almost unviewable and 90 % of the other shot in the film be close ups . be there anything in this movie that wasn not bring up in north dallas forty . age star player . check . young hot shot . check . painkiller . check . owner who doesn not get it . check . crazy off field behavior . checkalso and it the playoff in dallas ( i. e dec or jan ) in an outdoor stadium and yet people sit there in tank top and short . and what be with those light . be they play in a japanese kabuki theater or a sport stadium . and the strategy show in the game be laughable . it fourth and 1 inside the shark 30. dallas lead 35 31. kick the frigging field goal . not only would this have make sense football wise and but you would then have an even well final sequence where they could have score and have to go for the two point conversion . hell and tie the game w or the extra point and stone could have make it an even 3 hour with overtime . be the lame montage of old time football player suppose to be a tribute to the game . give me a break . and the script . ugh . more cliche than you can shake a stick at . oops and there another one . slapshot be good than this movie . by far . negative . skip this at all cost .