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| National Broadcasting Company (NBC) | Release Date: September 27, 1991 |
Starring:
Andrew Bryniarski, Fred Dalton Thompson, Harley Jane Kozak, Hector Elizondo, Jason Bateman, Larry Miller, Rob Schneider, Robert Loggia, Scott Bakula, Sinbad
Summary:
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
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I’ve seen versions of the plot of “Necessary Roughness” in almost every other movie ever made about an underdog sports team - but I fell for it again this time, because it was well done, and because the movie doesn’t try to pump itself up into more than it is, a good-humored entertainment.
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Roughness at least has a few good laughs in the formula. [30 Sept 1991, p.D08]
Just enough laughs to make up for predictable plot. [1 Oct 1991]
At least Necessary Roughness strays from the usual game plan, but it ends up strictly Bush league. [27 Sept 1991, p.2D]
Perhaps the NCAA should investigate how Necessary Roughness ever made it to the big screen. The movie-making team that fielded this fiasco would receive more sanctions than the universities of Florida, Oklahoma and Houston combined. [27 Sept 1991, p.13]
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