Apex Mountain
The series outranks the film; the coin toss and terrible parent are stronger film cases.
In the discussion (7)
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- Friday Night Lights as a property is rejected here in favor of the television series. — Mallory Rubin
- Landman is playfully preferred for Thornton over this film and his earlier acclaimed roles. — Mallory Rubin
- Berg’s creation and preservation of the series, especially the successful cast/team reset, is preferred as his apex. — Mallory Rubin
- Hedlund’s Country Strong Rewatchables appearance is jokingly nominated, with Tron acknowledged. — Bill Simmons
- Black Nikes, Texas football content and McGraw are rejected; television wins the football-content comparison. — Bill Simmons
- Sports-movie coin tosses receive support; Hernandez is rejected, while Black’s apex is Tokyo Drift. — Bill Simmons
- Charlie Billingsley is considered a strong horrible-sports-parent candidate, although the closing view says this film is not really an apex for anyone. — Bill Simmons