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Necessary Roughness

There is really nothing special about this movie.It really has only the thinnest veneer of a story. Team gets on probation - coach finds 34-year-old quarterback to bring them back - team is a bunch of losers - they win the big game. You know, the usual stuff these sports films are made of, but unlike Hoosiers, there is not much going on outside the lockeroom or off the field. I only watched it because one of the minor stars is coming to town to give a speech and I wanted to see his part. It was about 10 seconds long. Kathy Ireland was there with a small part and Fred Dalton Thompson was there too, again with a small part. The rest of the cast is forgettable. Well, I hate to admit it, but Rob Schneider was a little funny.

Sports comedies are truly a lost art, and this one proved to be the last great film in this rather little used genre. While films like The Replacements and Little Giants have tried, they have ultimately failed. This film's cast wasn't littered with big name talent, it proved sufficient in the story of a bunch of football players trying to be a team. While few really appreciate this movie for what it is, it is probably the last great film in a genre that is slowly being overtaken by raunchy teen comedies and pointless excursions into other sub-genres

In the pantheon of football movies it's not the best, but not the worst by far. It's a decent comedy for the generation when it came out. The ensemble cast worked well together and anything with Kathy Ireland in it can't be all that bad. Sinbad also looked like someone who may have played football before going to teaching. 6/10

This is the story of the Texas State University Fighting Armadillos. The entire team was cut and expelled for cheating, so the NCAA ruled that the only way the college could field a team was from actual students, no scholarship players allowed. So new out of retirement coach Ed Gennero and his friend coach Wally Rig set out to do the impossible. Coach Gennero recruits a thirty-something former high school quaterback that missed out on college. The rest of the team coming from the student body makes for a rough start to the season. I am not going to lie, this movie is a total by the numbers underdog story. It is very well done and Scott Bakula is such a talented and underrated actor. Though Kathy Ireland has the best line in the entore movie with "Welcome to foot, ball." If you have not seen this, give it a shot. It is as funny as it is timeless.

Very funny film, and even though it was the same tired old formula of misfits winning against the best team it was still entertaining to watch. Scott Bakula, and Sinbad made it for me and I can't believe I've only just watched it. If you like Quantum Leap then I guess you'd like this .

Necessary Roughness is a fun movie that if it isn't taken too seriously can be very enjoyable. The first to worst Texas State team finds itself with a team of mostly "non-athletes" that came about after the school held open tryouts. The entire championship team from the year before had been suspended for violations. Scott Bakula plays a competent lead as a middle aged college athlete. Sinbad adds some fun to the story as another "elder athlete". Kathy Ireland, while no actress, does add some eye candy to the film. I also like this film in that this rag-tag team does not reach the heights of being #1 or making it to a championship game. The "big game" of this film is when Texas State plays the the #1 ranked college team. The film has plenty of laughs, a touch of drama and competent script writing and players. Watch it on a Sunday afternoon when nothing else is on.

This was a very funny sports (specifically American Football) movie where a college football team gets heavily sanctioned by such things as recruitment violations and has to get a new team from its student body and recruits its quarterback as a 34-year-old farmer in Scott Bakula. I will admit that there was hardly anything new in this formula and cliché-ridden film, and you will probably be able to figure out what happens in the final scene once it arrives, but you will have a fun time getting there. I absolutely loved Rob Schneider's role as the sportscaster. The coaches, players, and the lady professor were all great, and the movie was hilarious throughout. I actually attended the filming of the final scene at UNT. That was fun. You will not regret watching this movie. *** out of ****