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Everybody's All-American

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Everybody's All-American

R

1988

2h 7m

Drama

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Life goes downhill for a 1950s Sugar Bowl star (Dennis Quaid) and his Magnolia Queen wife (Jessica Lange).

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

As the one character who grows and doesn't just calcify, Lange brings wily zest to each step in Babs' coming-out party.

Aug 23, 2016

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Tribune

The characters are simply postulated, given whole, from the start; there`s no depth or development in the performances; and each scene exists only to make a single plot point.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 23, 2016

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

Apart from a performance of mesmerizing authority and conviction from Quaid in an arena usually littered with more cliches... Hackford's movie has the courage to start where most films about our national passion for sport leave off.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 23, 2016

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Everybody's All American is sentimental, but not excessively. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 7, 2022

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Everybody's All-American is like a lugubrious class reunion that never ends. As the years pass, Quaid's jowls grow progressively fatter with layers of makeup.

Oct 11, 2019

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Hilary Mantel

The Spectator

Taylor Hackford's film is predictable, syrupy and far too long.

Aug 10, 2018

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Jerod S

Quaid and Lange are football royalty but struggle through a rocky marriage and life. Though it's long, it does provide a narrative that is rare: faithfulness through adversity and mistakes. And the "football glory" isn't the nucleus of the film like most football dramas.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/01/23

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Steve D

Quaid's performance deserved a better script.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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Rich S

Talk about your end arounds: A sappy speech makes everybody live as happily ever after as possible -- given the circumstances that there are a lot of alcohol and painkillers involved. In Frank Deford's book, the football hero tries to kill his wife before taking his own life. Something's wrong here.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/18/20

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Audience Member

Based on a Frank Deford novel, this one covers a good chunk of a university and pro football star and his wife through ups and downs as he goes from being a star to life struggler after his pro career and she is forced to step up and provide for their family. The sets and uniforms are exceptional from the 50's to the 70's.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

I watched it again recently and it didn't age as well as I might have thought but it was still wonderful. Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange both shine here.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Not a great movie but a good one. It's entertaining.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

Life goes downhill for a 1950s Sugar Bowl star (Dennis Quaid) and his Magnolia Queen wife (Jessica Lange).

Director: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Taylor Hackford, Ian Sander, Laura Ziskin
Screenwriter: Thomas Rickman
Production Co: Warner Bros., New Vision Films
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.6M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Surround

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