Friday Night Lights

Pros: A gripping portrait of a football program and its supporters

Cons: Some of the scenes may disturb viewers

The Bottom Line: The eyes of Odessa are upon the Permian Panthers.

Review: High school football fans all over the United States often dream of the perfect season. My high school was fortunate to have one of those in the years I was there. The perfect season for Coach Gary Gaines, though, was more than just a dream; it was an ...

Pros: Strong acting, strong characters and great cinematography

Cons: Some unnecessary inaccuracies

The Bottom Line: Life as it exists in high school athletics is portrayed to perfection.

Review: Having grown up in Odessa, Texas and moving back there after law school, I have been closely associated with Permian High School's football team for over 40 years. I "played" junior varsity, sent two children through the school from 1987 to 1995 and ...

Pros: Pretty much everything.

Cons: Some excessive dramatization.

The Bottom Line: Friday Night Lights is the best Football movie I've seen. It gets pretty much everything right.

Review: There is a scene in Friday Night Lights when injured star running back Boobie Myles returns to his team's locker room after he's basically been told that his season is over. He goes around the room to his teammates and spreads words of encouragement. ...

Pros: Acting, cinematography, the story (a true story).

Cons: The people behind me.

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent movie to watch, whether or not you really like football.

Review: I love football movies. Quite funny, since I don't really care to watch football games themselves. But something about the stories and dreams that are accompanied in the movies really stand out to me. Friday Night Lights is definitely the best ...

Pros: Great football action and great story about a town and there football team.

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I recommend it to sports fans that like movies.

Review: I am a student at Central High School and I am doing a review on the movie, Friday Night Lights. I would really appreciate if I would receive comments about this review. Thank you. When I was growing up, I got into sports and played many sports. It ...

Pros: Very entertaining, emotional, even for someone who doesn't watch football!

Cons: Can't think of any!

The Bottom Line: I highly recommend this movie, especially to parents with kids involved in sports. It can be used as a reminder not to lose control of healthy competition.

Review: My husband and I went to Friday Night Lights mostly because our kids were with the neighbours and had to be picked up by a certain time and that was the only movie that fit into the schedule! I was not disappointed! I am not a football fan so was not ...

Pros: Billy Bob Thorton as a nice, normal man!

Cons: Tim McGraw almost makes himself hated in this movie.

Review: I began watching this, and thought that it would be like every other football movie that I had seen. I was pleasantly suprised. Billy Bob Thorton does a great job as the coach-- a sincere role for him that caught me off guard. Tim McGraw appears on this ...

Pros: Great story, well made, great detail to themes

Cons: moves slowly in some places and can be considered incomplete

Review: Friday Night Lights is an amazing story of the pressures that High School athletes can sometimes face. It includes many compelling issues and deep themes that captivate all who hear or see the story. I love the way the story uses maturity as a way of ...

Pros: Full of emotion, brings back memories, and good camera work.

Cons: None.

Review: Friday Night Lights ranks up there with: Remember The Titans, Rudy, and CaddyShack. I went in expecting very little and came out in tears. It is a great setting and really emphasizes that football is the only true value in the small town. It's typical ...

Pros: Some important issues are touched on

Cons: Movie doesn't quite seem complete

The Bottom Line: This is a good movie that illustrates the pressures to excel in high school sports.

Review: Based on a book by author H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, Friday Night Lights is a movie about an Odessa, Texas high school football team, its players, coaches, and families and how football affects their every day lives. This sports film takes a ...