PROGRAM (DVD/1.85/5.1)
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PROGRAM (DVD/1.85/5.1) description
This is the movie blamed for encouraging college kids (and others) to lie down on the painted divider between lanes of highway traffic. (Incredibly, the studio pulled the film in its opening weeks and deleted the allegedly offending scene.) James Caan plays a football coach under tremendous pressure from his university's sports program to come up with a winning team. The story focuses on the fallout of that pressure on the lives of several players and the program itself. It's all rather flat and TV-movie-like, and because there is an emphasis on issues instead of characters, the actors work doubly hard to bring dimension to their stock roles. On the plus side, the cast is largely composed of young actors who have come a long way since the film's release. --Tom Keogh |
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PROGRAM (DVD/1.85/5.1) Customer Reviews
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A good build up to a disappointing finish...
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This has to be categorized as a solid movie with strong performances from both old and young actors alike. There indeed were a wide variety of subplots in this movie but I felt that they generally helped the film to progress. The acting was solid, with great performances from Epps and Caan. The actor who played Alvin, the defensive superstar, ironically got his just desserts. I also think Halle Berry played her role very well, although her character almost made the movie unnecessarily messy. The character of Joe Kane was a bit stereotypical, the brash,young quarterback comes from a drunken and self destructive lineage. His daddy doesn't love him- boo hoo! There have indeed been better football movies in the past ten years; I could easily name a half dozen better films simply because this one seemed to lack an ending. I was a little confused why they did not show the infamous "bowl game" after talking about it the whole time. Perhaps the film had run too long.
I would have expected a sequel to come out had I not known any better. |
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