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All The Right Moves (1983)
Released By: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Chapman
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
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Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Tom Cruise
Published ID: 271
UPC: 024543008071,
Plot: High school athlete Tom Cruise would do anything to escape the dull provincialism of his home town. Cruise's bullying coach Craig T. Nelson cajoles Cruise into seeking an athletic scholarship to a major university. Inevitably, the boy begins to question his goals in life, and soon his soul is the object of a tug of war between Nelson and Cruise's girlfriend Lea Thompson. The first directorial effort for cinematographer Michael Chapman, All the Right Moves was photographed by Jan DeBont, who'd later direct such box-office bonanzas as Speed and Twister. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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All the Right Moves
Added 10/28/2009

This movie was also a little slow. What was interesting is the fact that a coach would try and blackball a player from going to college.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
All the right moves
Added 10/6/2009

Sent the movie to a grandson. He needed to see the message in this movie.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Just a Cruise film for teenagers
Added 5/28/2009

The Polish kid in a steal town wants to get out by playing football
and become an engineer.
There are sex scenes with Lea Thompson, besides drama with the coach,
but it just isn't a very original
or inspiring film ( Cruise did sport films better later?).

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
There once was a crooked man on a crooked path
Added 1/22/2008

Now approaching mid-life, this is one of the films that I grew up with. This film was especially touching for me due to the fact that about the time this film came out, I was heading off to college. In truth, at the time I mostly enjoyed this film for the famous, or perhaps infamous nude scene between Tom Cruise and Lea Thompson. Such as it is with most teenagers. As I grew older I developed a deeper appreciation for the story, beyond that one scene. All the Right Moves is a good title, but doesn't really fit the film, as the characters of the film, as in real life, make choices that are not always the best. Like most of us, the characters land on their feet like the cats we covet despite choices and circumstances. Overall this is a good film to recommend for the young adult. This film can be viewed by the pre-teenager, but older persons should be around to discuss any questions viewers might have. Thus the rating, average. It's not the perfect classic, but a classic never-the-less.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
entertaining but conflict is resolved too easily
Added 9/21/2007

This is a fairly formulaic film with a synthesizer-based soundtrack, quite common in the 1980s. It's entertaining enough, with a small-town guy trying to find a way out of the stifling environment and the seemingly lackluster future if he stays. Of course he has a love interest, a coach he clashes with, and dreams of college.
The problem is this: the ending is quite anticlimactic, with the coach relenting and finally granting a scholarship to the fellow, apparently because the fellow's girlfriend guilted the coach into doing so. This all happens in the last few minutes, so it's really more of a deus ex machina than a true resolution.

0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
All the Right Moves
Added 10/28/2009

This movie was also a little slow. What was interesting is the fact that a coach would try and blackball a player from going to college.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
All the right moves
Added 10/6/2009

Sent the movie to a grandson. He needed to see the message in this movie.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Just a Cruise film for teenagers
Added 5/28/2009

The Polish kid in a steal town wants to get out by playing football
and become an engineer.
There are sex scenes with Lea Thompson, besides drama with the coach,
but it just isn't a very original
or inspiring film ( Cruise did sport films better later?).

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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