Aaron1375
This was a rather good comedy sports movie featuring a college football team that basically gets hit hard with sanctions and such. I can not believe this film is so old, however. I was thinking this thing was made in 1995 or 96, but it came out in 91 while I was still in high school. The film actually predates Quantum Leap, a television show that features the star in this one Scott Bakula. Speaking of Scott, here is the case of a guy that just seems like he should of been a major star in Hollywood, but it just never materialized for him. He is great in this one as an older man who returns to college because he had to leave college prematurely the previous time. A coach in charge of rebuilding the football program recruits him as the team has few players and no real quarterback. The dean of the school is against the coach the whole way and is sort of the villain of the piece, but here is one of the kinks. I find it refreshing that a dean would want to focus on education rather than the gridiron. As much as I enjoy football, to often the educational program takes a backseat to a bunch of jocks who should not even be at the college except they are good at sports. Meanwhile, those who go to the school trying to pay their way and in the need of loans have to keep having their tuition raised to pay for things such as stadiums. Enough of my rant, the film is rather good, but is unbelievable. Suffice to say, there is no way a team that has so few players that some have to play offense and defense is going to compete against the number one team in the country. So just think of it as a Hollywood sports comedy, totally unrealistic, but worth a few laughs, unless of course it is Sinbad making the jokes.
Joseph P. Ulibas
Necessary Roughness (1991) was a bad comedy/ drama that tried to hard on every level to be a serious film about college football. A lot of current and former superstar athletes appeared in this production during one of the film's comedic highlights. Other than that it's a very mediocre movie. They should have just stuck to making a straight out comedy filled with no realism. Instead the film makers try to play both fields and they end up on the short end of the stick. When will somebody make a decent film about college football that's funny and realistic?Not recommended, unless it's for free on t.v.
Quicksand
So let me pitch a movie to you. It stars Scott Bakula, Sinbad, Jason Bateman, Rob Schneider, and the director of "Mr. Mom." What's not to like?Okay, ideally all those factors should cancel each other out, but... no. This is a moderately entertaining movie at best; not worth a rental, but in the top-tier of movies they show ad-nauseum on basic cable. Comedy Central should add this one to their rotation. I'm not kidding.It's a footnote on the resume of every actor involved, with the exception of the Unversity of North Texas campus, in scenic Denton, 30 miles north of Dallas/Ft. Worth. Much of the campus has changed since 1991 (including the football stadium), and the telescope Sinbad teaches with has been moved, with bemusement, to the UNT Observatory, 20 minutes north of campus.Sometime later in the 21st Century, when North Texas gains a little more notoriety, people will point and remember famous alums such as Peter Weller, Roy Orbison, "Mean" Joe Greene and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin... and they'll remember this movie. Six points for the Location Scout.Three points for the guys who wrote the script (a few good lines, and Kathy Ireland in tights), and no points for the director. Even so, we film-watchers could do worse.6/10
Ross1223
No doubts about it. Come on you got to love this movie. Sinbad? More like Sin Awsome!!!!! This movie will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you happy, it will make you sad, and most importantly it will make you rewind the tape so that you can watch it again cause it rocks so hard!!! GO NHL 94 CLUB!!!!! WOOO! 10 out of 10
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