Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Taha Avalos
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
bloobarooo
during the game in which "Western" is blowing out the visitors, the camera pans the crowd, who look bored. I was picked to be one of the "early leavers" and I think it's because I coincidentally (I didn't know what the mythical U would be called) was wearing my WESTERN track shirt.Also amusing, is that the crowd shots for the games were shot at CSU (Ft. Collins, Colorado) basketball auditorium in the winter. Since we were supposed to be in sunny southern California, we had to HIDE all our winter clothing -- hats, scarves, gloves, parkas. Quite a feat to get all the thousands in attendance to hide all that stuff.
rams_lakers
Perfect? No. Rewatchable? Yes. I liked the movie when it came out and I can still watch it. Sure, Steele makes some bonehead mistakes and reacts to things awkwardly like a young inexperienced noob. I felt like this when I first joined the football team, some of those players were men! Yeah, I got head butted by a samoan during non-contact practice but I learned from that and dodged him the next time he came around but my inexperienced noob friend Gary wasn't as lucky as he got jacked off the ground by the same guy. Yeah, I blew it on a few girls when I didn't know what to do with them in my younger days. These are all why I feel this movie is real to me. Of course, the coach bloodying Steele's face is overdone but I remember my first coach calling me by the wrong name and showing a little disrespect. Steele's roommate reminds me of my friend George Devaney, who helped me while I was trying to make the team (No he didn't give me drugs). He ended up starting while I quit (but I ended up starting both ways the next year elsewhere). This movie hits close to home for me. And didn't we all just hate that snooty hippie and enjoy it as Steele finally stood up to him. Some of the lines in this movie are corny but that's how the 70s were. "Justice" by Seales and Croft adds some nice emotion to the film. BTW, in Spike Lee's opinion this is the worst sport movie ever. Spike who? I've seen much worse.
tombeaman
While Robby Benson and his girlfriend depict simple, two- dimensional characters in this movie, the supporting cast isactually quite convincing. The story is interesting and told prettywell, so the movie keeps up a good pace. While the end of themovie is rather predictable, it is hard to not root for David to againslay Goliath; this time using a Red Hot Poker as his only weapon.Keep in mind that this movie came out in 1977, long before thecurrent crop of athletic and recruiting scandals, including a teammate being charged with homicide at a major college. Thisfictional tale (One on One) does not vary much from the reality thatsome of these kids go through when they leave home for the firsttime and enter the Big Business of college athletics.
dave4248185
Thumbs down.************POSSIBLE SPOILERS************ Saw this movie on ESPN classic last night. Sorry, can't sympathize with Henry at all. His coach was absolutely right. The kid was a hot dog, an undisciplined show-off. And like the coach pointed out, greedy and hypocritical. He even pops amphetamines during practice. I wondered why the coach took so long to try and throw him off the team. I would have done it much sooner, and much harsher. Then when he finally redeems himself and the coach gives him another chance, does he thank the him? No, he returns to his wise-ass self. Jerk.
