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Recover your password. Home Communications. Webopedia Staff. September 1, Professionally Made, but Don't Expect Surprises. I'm not a football fan, although it's not like I haven't enjoyed football films from the past So I didn't look at "The Program" from the eyes of a football fan, but from the perspective of whether it's a good movie or not.

Certainly it's very professionally made and acted, and the football scenes are pretty exciting. The point-of-view shots with the football helmet's bars in the foreground made you feel like you were there, as in any self-respecting shoot 'em up video game. My first disappointment is that Caan, as the coach, is present mainly as a vehicle to keep the film moving along.

He fixes things when the boys screw up, acts tough, makes appropriate facial expressions Naturally, the film has decided to focus on the lives of the football players, as youth sells.

Basically, we pursue the love lives of two jocks. In both instances, both women are vehemently against dating these guys. Camille, in fact, flat out states that she does not go out with football players; she ultimately does so by losing a bet.

Now, it's nothing new in movies I know we like to see that sort of thing. However, neither of these young men had the kinds of characteristics that would turn these girls' pretty heads in the manner that they did. Darnell's sweet, but not educated enough to hold a sharp gal like Autumn for long; and Joe can be a smarty-pants, smirking jerk at times, especially for a hard-nosed and demanding sort that Camille is initially established to be.

However, not only do the girls fall for these guys and, granted, some women have been known to fall in love for no good reason I could have bought one of the female characters doing so, but both? How very unrealistic; in real life, unless a woman feels that immediate click We're just moving the plot along, folks. This is a great display of how Hollywood movies are made I can imagine the screenplay being discussed by the marketing whizzes at Disney, where the committee of account executives decided that everything should safely and neatly fall into place.

All the predictable cliches have that neat, happy ending Darnell finally bonds with his rival, for example; Joe's neglectful father is shown tuning into to his son's big game. Yes, the movie pushes the right buttons, but there is no soul within; like in so many Hollywood cookie-cutter films Gluck-3 Dec 6, Details Edit. Release date September 24, United States. United States. English German. Synonyms for program Synonyms: Noun agenda , calendar , docket , schedule , timetable Visit the Thesaurus for More.

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