Rudy

Name: Rudy
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Released: October 22, 1993
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Christopher Reed, Deborah Wittenberg, Greta Lind, Jon Favreau

1993

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: October 22, 1993 | PG

Starring: Charles S. Dutton, Christopher Reed, Deborah Wittenberg, Greta Lind, Jon Favreau, Lili Taylor, Mary Ann Thebus, Ned Beatty, Scott Benjaminson, Sean Astin

Movie Facts:

The finale was shot at halftime of 1992's Notre Dame-Boston College game.

Summary: "Look at you. You're 5-foot-nothin' and you weigh a hundred and nothin', and with hardly a speck of athletic ability." Rudy (Sean Astin) has always been told that he was too short and too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of not only practicing with The Notre Dame Fighting Irish,"Look at you. You're 5-foot-nothin' and you weigh a hundred and nothin', and with hardly a speck of athletic ability." Rudy (Sean Astin) has always been told that he was too short and too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of not only practicing with The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but getting on the field, in uniform, for a game in Notre Dame Stadium.… Expand

Director: David Anspaugh

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Sport

Rating: PG

Runtime: 114 min

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Leonard Klady

Rudy is one of those beating-the-odds tales that no one does better than Hollywood. A film that hits all the right emotional buttons, it's an intelligent , sentimental drama that lifts an audience to its feet cheering. In the current filmgoing climate, this is an easy winning touchdown that should score big returns. Read full review

Norman Chad

In fact, the film is so uplifting, I felt like calling up Lou Holtz for brunch. Read full review

Jeff Shannon

Unlike "The Program," the other current football movie which pales in comparison, Rudy (which spans 1972-'75) is uncompromisingly truthful to its story and characters. Graced with Anspaugh's respect for authenticity, there's not a false note from anyone in the well-chosen cast, which includes Ned Beatty as Rudy's dad, whose disapproval of Rudy's dream is a cautious act of love; Charles S. Dutton as the stadium groundskeeper who offers quiet support; and Jason Miller ("The Exorcist") as legendary coach Ara Parseghian, who rewards Rudy's tenacity with a place on the varsity practice squad. Read full review

Louis Black

If you resist the ride, this will come across as saccharine and obvious, but powered by Astin and fueled by such fine performers as Beatty, Prosky, Taylor and Dutton, the film . Read full review

Jay Carr

Just as Anspaugh and Pizzo pushed all the obvious buttons with their high school basketballers in "Hoosiers," so they turn Rudy into the "Rocky" of South Bend. It may be that Rudy's crowning piece of perseverance consisted of his dogging Anspaugh and Pizzo to film his story. It must be a comfort to Hoosiers Larry Bird and Don Mattingly to know that when the time comes for their biofilms, Anspaugh and Pizzo are in the phone book. [13 Oct 1993, p.75]

Harper Barnes

THOROUGHLY predictable "inspirational" movies like Rudy are like pop-art rituals. We know almost to the letter what is going to happen, but, if the movie is well made (which "Rudy" is), we experience at least some of the emotional catharsis that would be evoked by a truly original and compelling work of art (which "Rudy" definitely isn't). [15 Oct 1993, p.3E]

Desmond Ryan

Tedious sports inspirational that genuflects before the mythology of Notre Dame football with the story of a walk-on who fulfilled a lifelong dream of suiting up for the Irish. [26 May 1994, p.E05]

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