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All The Right Moves
1983
Stefan (Tom Cruise) is determined to leave the sleepy Pennsylvania mining town of Ampipe where he is growing up. An exceptional athlete, Stef sees football as his ticket out. His pursuit of a scholarship, however, brings him at odds with his combative coach (Craig T. Nelson). While rebelling against his coach and the town, Stef .. Read more
| Starring | Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn |
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| Director | Michael Chapman |
| Genres | Drama |
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All The Right Moves
Stefan (Tom Cruise) is determined to leave the sleepy Pennsylvania mining town of Ampipe where he is growing up. An exceptional athlete, Stef sees football as his ticket out. His pursuit of a scholarship, however, brings him at odds with his combative coach (Craig T. Nelson). While rebelling against his coach and the town, Stef takes up with Lisa Litski (Lea Thompson), an attractive schoolmate and talented saxophone player. Cruise graduated to leading man status with this film, one of many early 1980s pictures with strong teen identities. His sexy, defiant presence carries the film. First time director Michael Chapman (cinematographer of TAXI DRIVER and many other films) proves himself especially adept in capturing the intense football sequences.
| Starring | Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Chapman |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: French, Italian |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jun 2003 Production year: 1983 |
| Format | DVD |
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Already a respected cinematographer, Michael Chapman made his directorial debut with this authentic portrait of college life. Indeed, it's such a well-rounded film that it makes his decision to return to cinematography — following criticism handed out to his follow-up, The Clan of the Cave Bear — all the more disappointing. The turbulent relationship between a star footballer (Tom Cruise) and his coach (Craig T Nelson) is convincingly established, as is the rather sweet pairing of Cruise and his girlfriend, Lea Thompson. Even the gridiron action smacks of the real thing, as does the sense of just how much college ball games mean to the local community.
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Passable teen/sports movie, with a youthful Tom Cruise gunning for a football scholarship to get out of the grey... read more on Time Out
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What a difference 20 years makes to Tom Cruise
The eighties, for all its faults have been responsible for many memorable coming of age teenage films. Be it The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's day off or Dirty Dancing, they have all stood the test of time. However, All the right moves does not.
Set in a decaying Pennsylvanian town, Tom Cruise stars as a high school American Footballer who is seeking a scholarship for university to have a better life. Helping Tom in his choices is his girlfriend Lea Thompson and a young Chris Penn as his high school bestfriend.
The acting in itself is not that poor, but the script is. There are flashes of what Tom Cruise would later produce but in his career, they are few and far between. Similarly, Lea Thompson tries to do the best that she can with a poor script but ultimately succeeds in being eye candy.
The movie can also boast one of the most gratuitous sex scenes in film history where the two lead characters make love for no good reason than to show Lea Thompson and Tom Cruise naked.
The moral message, so abundant in teen movies, is rather depressing as well. The movie, for some inexplicable reason, seems to condone guilt trips as a way of furthering your career. Also, the film does not know if it wants to be a social movie or a sports one.
Whereas movies such as Pretty in Pink and the Breakfast Club succeed because of the perfomances and script, All the right moves does not. All the right moves is a film which should only be viewed to see how much Tom Cruise's perfomance has developed over 20 years. -
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What a difference 20 years makes to Tom Cruise
The eighties, for all its faults have been responsible for many memorable coming of age teenage films. Be it The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's day off or Dirty Dancing, they have all stood the test of time. However, All the right moves does not.
Set in a decaying Pennsylvanian town, Tom Cruise stars as a high school American Footballer who is seeking a scholarship for university to have a better life. Helping Tom in his choices is his girlfriend Lea Thompson and a young Chris Penn as his high school bestfriend.
The acting in itself is not that poor, but the script is. There are flashes of what Tom Cruise would later produce but in his career, they are few and far between. Similarly, Lea Thompson tries to do the best that she can with a poor script but ultimately succeeds in being eye candy.
The movie can also boast one of the most gratuitous sex scenes in film history where the two lead characters make love for no good reason than to show Lea Thompson and Tom Cruise naked.
The moral message, so abundant in teen movies, is rather depressing as well. The movie, for some inexplicable reason, seems to condone guilt trips as a way of furthering your career. Also, the film does not know if it wants to be a social movie or a sports one.
Whereas movies such as Pretty in Pink and the Breakfast Club succeed because of the perfomances and script, All the right moves does not. All the right moves is a film which should only be viewed to see how much Tom Cruise's perfomance has developed over 20 years. -
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