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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh Page   1   D+ "Lights only diverts narrative tedium when the gladiators take the field; effectively drowning out the nonsense that eventually takes place off the field."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "These kids are not fighting the power, much as they or you might want to believe it."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "This is the rousing football movie Any Given Sunday failed to be."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius A "Peter Berg's skilled vision and Billy Bob's retrained performance result not only the best football film we’ve seen in years... but also one of the best movies of 2004."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 6/10 "a good film, but it is preaching to the converted"   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 2.5/4 "A largely appealing drama, the kind of sports movie that anyone, even non-fans of football (like myself), can get wrapped up in and care about."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman A- "Tells an engrossing story with such conviction and honesty, embedded in a surplus of stylistic flourishes, that it becomes one of the best sports movies in recent memory."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "This is flat-out the rawest, most realistic piece of storytelling about the sport that I’ve ever seen."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A- "Profoundly upsetting and pointed in its criticism, it's concerned not just with football, but with the people who play it and the people it affects."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B "While its apparent effort to be both a critique and a reverential homage leaves lingering doubts, what's unquestionable is the high quality of the filmmaking on display."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Friday Night Lights is a razzle-dazzle movie about a Texas town and what their win-at-all costs ethic does to the young men on the high-school football team."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "An emotionally fulfilling experience."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "might have been a truly great deconstruction of the secular religion of football had it not come dangerously close to buying into the very myth it is trying to dismantle"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/5 "This West Texas football saga is a real, wrenching look at players, fans and the game that's much more than a game."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3.5/4 " A powerful and poignant ode to the heartache and thrill of the game."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "What Friday Night Lights offers is the perspective that, for the people and young players caught up in this whirlwind, football simultaneously means everything and ultimately nothing."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 7/10 "A solid football movie."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 4/5 "the film really lives out the metaphor realistically, just like Life "   ToxicUniverse.com   John A. Nesbit 2/5 "I can’t help looking at this as an indictment of the high school football system."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "[A] lifestyle advertisement for the noxious small-town culture that turns high-school football players into local heroes, no matter what price these young men have to pay."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4.5/5 "[Made] with a skill and grace that lifts the material up; all of the actors, and everyone involved in the film's production, came together and made something special."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "It is admirable how the movie delves into the psychology of a pathological need to win. A fantastic film."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan A- "It has an intentionally rough, gritty, bleached, documentary feel but Berg is in complete control, with every shot a small gem of precision and mastery. "   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "Director Peter Berg’s adaptation is the cinematic equivalent of a recovered fumble: not disastrous, but also not terribly good."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "There's nothing particularly universal or relevant about this place- and sport-specific ode to American football. Although it's a gripping and watchable true story."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Football here serves as the fulcrum of an entire society, in which everything... is distilled into the pressure cooker of fourth and long at the 35."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "A good sports movie with amped up sports action, good acting, and an ending that sneaks up on you with surprising emotional power."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "Friday Night Lights is a slice of small town life where the success or failure of their beloved team will resonate and set the mood of the townsfolk for the entire year"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "This impressive, inspirational story not only captures the exhilaration of the gridiron action but also the intense pressures of these communal rites and rituals."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 3/4 "As a survey of the anti-intellectualism and rage at the heart of the heartland, it burns with intelligence and energy."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. 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