Necessary Roughness
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) | Release Date: September 27, 1991 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
20
Orlando SentinelJay Boyar
The whole movie, in fact, is one big blooper. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
I wish that movies, like scholastic football, could be judged on a "no pass, no play" basis. Read full review
20
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
This tale of a 34-year-old quarterback's return to college football is marginally less funny than wearing a jock-strap on your head, and less original than putting Ralgex down your opponent's shorts. Read full review
20
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
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]
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A pathetic sports comedy that aspires to be a college-football version of "Major League" and doesn't even get close. [27 Sept 1991]
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