Review of Friday Night Lights (2004) by Rabia S — 18 Jul 2010
A drama that chronicles the entire 1988 season of the Permian High Panthers of Odessa, Texas, with football players, coaches, mothers, fathers, pastors, boosters, fans and families struggling with ongoing personal conflicts while the team fights for a state championship.
A town for sale, Odessa, Texas has seen better days--the financial bust evident in its boarded-up shops and broken lives. Yet one hope sustains the community where, once a week during the fall, the town and its dreams come alive beneath the dazzling and disorienting Friday night-lights.
When the Permian High Panthers take to the field. In a city where economic uncertainty has eroded the spirit of its inhabitants, nearly everyone seeks comfort in the religion of the Friday night ritual, where the unfulfilled dreams of an entire community are shifted onto the shoulder pads of a team of high-school athletes.
This is a great sports drama. Billy Bob Thornton gives a great performance as the coach and country music star Tim McGraw is excellent as the abusive father. Filled with great drama and spectacular football scenes sports fans will love this movie.
This review of Friday Night Lights (2004) was written by Rabia S on 18 Jul 2010.
Friday Night Lights has generally received positive reviews.
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