
The Replacements (2000)
Throw the ball. Catch the girl. Keep it simple.
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The Replacements rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 30/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About The Replacements
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
Cast of The Replacements

Keanu Reeves
as Shane Falco

Gene Hackman
as Jimmy McGinty

Brooke Langton
as Annabelle Farrell

Orlando Jones
as Clifford Franklin

Faizon Love
as Jamal Jackson

Jon Favreau
as Daniel Bateman

Rhys Ifans
as Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff

Keith David
as Lindell
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Ace Yonamine
as Jumbo

Troy Winbush
as Walter Cochran

David Denman
as Brian Murphy

Michael Jace
as Earl Wilkinson / Ray Smith
The Replacements facts
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $50.1M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Sports comedy premise lands consistently with broad humor appeal
- •Ensemble cast dynamics create believable team chemistry quickly
- •Underdog narrative structure provides satisfying emotional beats
What the audience disliked
- •Plot follows sports movie formula with minimal originality shown
- •Character development takes backseat to comedy setups throughout
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