We break down 2000’s The Replacements, a football fever dream where Keanu Reeves plays a haunted QB, Gene Hackman coaches like the world’s ending, and every supporting character is one bad hit from prison or greatness.
We scream about:
Falco’s emotional boat traumaClifford Franklin’s handsThe kicker who smokes on the fieldHackman’s last great yellAnd why this movie secretly rulesAlso: a game called “Who’s Got the Ball?”, an illegal ad read from Louis, and possibly too much ranch.