Producer review
A coming-of-age sports story with very little sports that works; real football; weirdly mature; an awkward 80s sex scene
In the discussion (5)
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- It is a coming-of-age sports story with very little sports that works; movies like it would now be seen as too small, and its four minutes of a full song over a guy getting ready in the morning is the opposite of what movies are told to do now.
- The football is real, with wide shots of lines hitting each other, and the interception scene gave chills but needed slow-mo and music; the decision about staying with a high school girlfriend is weirdly mature.
- The 80s sex scene is bizarre: fine to include, but filmed awkward, clunky and full frame, two boobs for five straight seconds, never sexy, as if the actress's agent said she couldn't get out of it.
- While watching the scene, a participant googled how old Leah Thompson (as transcribed) was when they shot it, wondering whether they should not be watching; then, after the scene, she says she is a junior, maybe 16.
- The cut from the cross necklace going into his pocket straight to church is called not accidental.