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Summary: Football is cool, even for girls.
Review: A great, lighthearted comedy with serious undertones as Goldie plays a high school track coach who wants to coach varsity football, but the men won't let her. James Keach is the evil ex-husband who uses her daughters as pawns in an effort to get her to give up her crazy dreams. A cast of notables in supporting roles includes Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in their first movie roles, Nipsey Russell as the principal who believes in her and Bruce McGill (D-Day from Animal House) as her arch-rival, coach of the Prescott Falcons. Look for outstanding, underappreciated performances by unknowns Dave Kanakas and Dave Nieker as Goon #1 & Goon #2
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Summary: Awesome Flick Starring ME!!
Review: Goldie is great as the football coach of inner city High School. And I play the tough yet gentle principal in this 80's fun flick.
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Summary: high school ball
Review: Goldie wants to teach football but she's a woman and no men like that idea so they stick her in the worst school ever to run their football program. She gets a bunch of drug dealers and gangbangers to start winning football games. Yes to football and no to crack is her slogan. Also she gets naked in the bath tub so hit pause.
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Summary: Another Goldi Hawn Winner
Review: Good plot. Quite a bit of writers license, but which movies don't take advantage of it. She takes a group of misfits and single handed straightens them out. This is the America I grew up in. I was raised before DR. Spocks book. So I still have a few morals. My kids were not so lucky. The name fits the story and Goldi makes it all look real. I have seen it several times and it is a perminent part of my collection.
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Summary: One of the Best of its Genre!
Review: I first saw this when I was a child. I'm 27 now and just bought the DVD. For years I've had the film on a crummy video cassette but now I can enjoy it fully. This is like fine wine. It only gets better with age.
Molly McGrath, a school coach is hooked into going to Central High, a school full of underachieving, smart mouth criminals and losers to teach Central's failing football team. Unfortunately their best quarter back LeVander has turned street criminal so the principal ( Nipsie Russell ) hopes McGrath is the new blood needed to win some games. Of course Molly is confronted by the team's hostility at first but when they notice she has a real talent for football and grew up on the sport, they start to respect her. Molly never backs down proving once again that anything a man can do a woman can do better. The story moves smoothly except for the boring plot line dealing with Molly's eldest daughter, constantly acting out to get attention. Also the big plot hole is how Molly managed to turn the Central Wildcats into the Dallas Cowboys without explanation. One minute they're the worst team in the district, the next thing we know they're winning the championship! Go figure. Since this is a comedy overlooking plot holes won't slow up the fun. The highlights are Trumaine ( Wesley Snipes ) who is so disgustingly funny you'll be shocked at some of the things he says. Cerullo's uh...talent ( if you call flatulence a talent ). Flatulence in films wasn't over done in 86' when this is made so it was funny then. It may not be funny to people ( including myself ) who are sick of flatulance being relied on for films of today. And my number one favorite...Finch! The four-hundred pound genius with an attitude! All the actors have chemistry with each other and keep the ball rolling. James Keach is funny as Molly's ex-husband who's constantly sticking his nose where it doesn't belong.
Wildcats has all the components of a great film: cute jocks, humor, a witty actress and all around good clean 80's fun. What amazes me about this is that it doesn't seem that dated even though its nineteen years old. Some 80's films lose their spark but Wildcats is funnier than ever. I never tire of the football sequences or the players' funny catch lines such as: " If they're the cougars, how come they got a goat? " " What are we b------- about? We got a dog dressed like a cat."
Wildcats is Goldie's best movie in my opinion. I liked Overboard but with this Goldie really came into her own. There are a lot of emerging actors from this film such as Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and not to mention the cute cameo from LL. Cool J. Also the man who plays Cerullo is a major hottie! And who can forget the cute little rap song the team does at the end? If you're into light humor or find yourself at home with nothing to do, Wildcats is the perfect movie to just throw in the DVD player and relax. There's no thinking required. The only thing you must have is a sense of humor and the need for two hours of fun-loving entertainment for the entire family ( despite a couple curse words ). Enjoy. And if you haven't seen it, BUY IT!
If you enjoy Wildcats you'll love other funny films of this genre:
Sunset Park
Hardball
The Bad News Bears
A League of their Own
All of these films are good but Wildcats is in a place all its own.
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Summary: Essential 80s fare
Review: In the age of "Porky's", "Revenge Of The Nerds", "Police Academy" (what were we thinking???), and "Airplane" came this underrated comedy gem.You don't have to like Goldie Hawn, but the supporting cast makes it work--Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Nipsey Russell, and James Keach--and the jokes still work a couple decades later. Dig LL Cool J's theme song (pre-dating his work on yet another football film--"Any Given Sunday), and let your memory work overtime.
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Summary: Good vs Evil, Woman vs Man
Review: In this movie Goldie Hawn pulls off the unthinkable task of a female coach in a mans locker room. The war of men and women comes out in a very special way in this movie. The lives it touches, the people it moves, the way it comes together. It truely is an inspiration to all the women out there who don't believe they can get involved with sports. For the parents out there this is not a movie I would recommend for young kids.
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Summary: Good vs Evil, Woman vs Man
Review: In this movie Goldie Hawn pulls off the unthinkable task of a female coach in a mans locker room. The war of men and women comes out in a very special way in this movie. The lives it touches, the people it moves, the way it comes together. It truely is an inspiration to all the women out there who don't believe they can get involved with sports. For the parents out there this is not a movie I would recommend for young kids.
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Summary: it shows women CAN do it all.
Review: this is a positive influence on men and WOMEN, it shows women can do anything, coaching a bunch of losers like the wildcats back to humanity is a hard thing to do. but she did it! Goldie Hawn is always an inspiring actress in any role she plays. she will always be my favorite. (ANYBODY KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A COPY OF THE SONG "FOOTBALL"?) i cant seem to find the soundtrack anywhere. please let me know at
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Summary: Another Great Movie From The 80's.
Review: This Is The Best Football Movie I Have Ever Seen. Goldie Hawn Is The Football Coach In This Movie. She Did A Great Job. They Went All The Way To The Championship.
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