The Replacements
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 11, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
17
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
72
Mr. ShowbizLarry Terenzi
An agreeably and unapologetically lightweight late-summer blockbuster. Read full review
70
Rolling StonePeter Travers
What The Replacements does have is energy.
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
As obvious as they get, and it wears its message on its bloodied jersey. Read full review
63
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
The story of the triumphant underdog is irresistible, even when every single plot point comes marching down Main Street. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Formulaic but surprisingly charming. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Deutch never raises the film beyond its paint-by-numbers blueprint. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Harmless, mindless and shameless. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
A frankly formulaic but agreeably funny comedy about has-beens, wannabes and never-weres. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Although this movie doesn't have an ounce of depth, it's so thoroughly amiable and upbeat that you'd have to be in a fighting mood to find fault with it. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
So lazy and rote, it feels like a rerun the first time you watch it. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Slap-happy entertainment painted in broad strokes, two coats thick. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Any ESPN commercial at all leaves it in the dust when it comes to imaginative firepower. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Just like a low-budget football comedy, only with money. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The incisive, close up photography by ''The Sixth Sense'''s Tak Fujimoto outclasses the story by yards. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
A genial and instantly forgettable sports comedy. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Sometimes seems longer than a rainy Super Bowl. Read full review
38
USA TodayMike Clark
One of those movies that goes for a jarringly new emotion every 30 seconds or so while the story's foundation is collapsing. Read full review
30
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Lame even by triumph-of-the-underdog sports-comedy standards. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
So vulgar and incoherent that even Hackman's gifts can't score a touchdown. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
You might want to sit out this season. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
This is the laziest kind of filmmaking. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A movie so lame that Keanu Reeves lends it gravity with his mere presence. Read full review
20
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
A field goal, not a touchdown. Read full review
20
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
Mind-achingly mediocre in every regard. Read full review
12
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Like two hours of outtakes in search of a studio audience. Read full review
10
Film.comSean Means
A sports movie as distinguishable as one M&M in a bag, working off a formula as easy-to-read as an onsides kick. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A haphazard film about half as sophisticated as the average beer commercial. Read full review
10
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
It's absolutely awful, and even Gene Hackman can't carry it across the goal line. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
This programmatic male-bonding comedy doesn't even borrow well. Read full review
10
Film.comTom Keogh
Merely reconfigures the same predictable gross-out jokes, sentimental platitudes, and decorative sex that figure into half the screenplays in circulation. Read full review
10
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A desperate, broad comedy. Read full review
0
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
The worst movie of the new millennium. Read full review
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