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Janet Maslin, New York Times: For all its air of realism and grit, the film has a fairy-tale quality. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie gets into the dynamics of the high-school student body and into the tender, complicated relationship between the Cruise character and his girlfriend (Lea Thompson). Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: His naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football. Read more