Review of North Dallas Forty (1979) by Graham M — 02 Aug 2007

The best football movie ever made. Period.

This review of North Dallas Forty (1979) was written by Graham M on 02 Aug 2007.

North Dallas Forty has generally received positive reviews.

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By Philip French (1,151) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 16 Apr 1987

Something of a mess, both in terms of the wayward plot which rambles all over the place, and in terms of the rather muddled juggling of audience…

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By Martin Miller (1) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Sep 2002

Pro football fans may be disillusioned by this excellent, honest, and often brutal expose of the play-for-pay game…

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By Gabe Toro (98) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Jan 1981

Ted Kotcheff’s film is essentially a workplace comedy, but the employees are braindead and wealthy, and the benefits are glory and groupies…

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By K.c. Summers (9) for Washington Post (9,851) on 16 Jul 2015

It's both biting and prescient in its satirical message that details the contrast of the desires of selfish individual player taking precedence…

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By Tim A (245) on 07 Nov 2006

Not just the best sports film ever made, but a fantastic tale of giving your everything and more to an organisation, only to be stabbed in the back…

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By Terri H (1,064) on 19 Dec 2008

ONe of the best sportds movies ever made, on par with Slapshot but not reallly a comedy…

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By Gary Arnold (279) for Washington Post (9,851) on 28 Aug 2016

Profanely funny, wised-up and heroically antiheroic, North Dallas Forty is unlikely to please anyone with a vested interest in glorifying the…

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By Mike B (1,929) on 30 Aug 2006

An unsung classic. G.D. Spradlin is fantastic here…

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By John C (2,737) on 29 Aug 2008

Its not a bad football movie. I love the fact that it whos the football players in not a good light…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 27 Jan 2004

North Dallas Forty reveals some of the reasons why the fun has been taken out of football…

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