Synopsis
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
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Cast
- Tom CruiseStefen Djordjevic
- Craig T. NelsonNickerson
- Lea ThompsonLisa
- Charles CioffiPop Djordjevic
- Gary GrahamGreg Djordjevic
- Paul CarafotesVinnie Salvucci
- Chris PennBrian Riley
- Sandy FaisonSuzie Nickerson
- James A. BafficoBosko
- Mel WinklerJess Covington
Recommendations
- 75
Boston Globe
Cruise is believable as an athlete; and the cocky bravado he emits to impress his girlfriend (played with matching complexity and maturity by Lea Thompson) has a fetching sense of lift, too. But his vulnerability is what's most refreshing and ingratiating about Cruise's Stef. [05 Nov 1983] - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Two people finally tell each other the truth. This is, of course, an astonishing breakthrough in movies about teenagers, and All the Right Moves deserves it. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A surprisingly large portion of the picture is given over to a gritty and unexpectedly moving examination of a senseless but understandable feud between two wrongheaded, sincere people making all the wrong moves. [21 Oct 1983] - 70
The New York Times
A well-made but sugar-coated working-class fable about a football star. - 50
Time
This naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football. - 40
Empire
There is a tender resonance in its cheesy sports drama operating with all the obvious moves. - 38
TV Guide Magazine
This cliche-riddled picture was the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Michael Chapman, who took no risks in his first time out.
