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Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas RickmanScreenplay
- Taylor HackfordDirector
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dennis QuaidGavin Grey
- Jessica LangeBabs Rogers Grey
- Timothy HuttonDonnie 'Cake'
- John GoodmanLawrence
- Carl LumblyNarvel Blue
- Ray BakerBolling Kiely
- Savannah Smith BoucherDarlene Kiely (as Savannah Smith Bouchér)
- Patricia ClarksonLeslie Stone
- Aaron NevilleMan with Gun
- Wayne KnightFraternity Pisser
Stills
Themes
sportsamerican footballall-americanhomecoming queen