Everybody's All American (1988)

It’s just a great movie. Shows what happens when you get so busy doing what you love that you forget to have a life with the people you love.

Splendid movie with amazing acting! You’ll think you’ve been transported back to a better time.

Great all american drama and love story!

I originally watched this about a year after the release and thought it was pretty good. About 22 years later still think it's a gem. Although a bit superficial and over-the-board obvious, it still makes you think about all the a-hole characters that make up the movie...but aren't we all in true life. Perhaps that is what attracts me to the movie, although superficial. Still, I ponder at what really happens in true life to an all-star - I just can't imagine and thankful I've never been an all-star (most likely I would have screwed things up even worse).

I first saw this movie nearly twenty years ago and it immediately became a favorite. Since that first time I may have seen it another two times and was always compelled to watch it again, as if for the first time. I came across the DVD and decided to purchase it. While the packaging is not revolutionary, and the special features are quite standard (commentary by director Taylor Hackford and screenwriter Tom Rickman, additional scenes, and a making of featurette), the movie itself is still worth the price of admission. Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, and John Goodman are all excellent in their roles, and the underlying messages remain timeless and relevant. As Roger Ebert (RIP) would say, "It gets a a thumbs up".

This has been one of my favorite movies for many years & I was delighted to find it for rent & at a low price. I thought the acting was high quality & found the story highly interesting & believable - going from stars on campus (football hero & beauty queen) who seem to have “it all” to post college & the realities of the real world.

This is an overlooked film from 1988, and perhaps the best performance in Quaid's career. Director Taylor Hackford has had an uneven career, but this stands as one of his best movies so far. Quaid is the a star college football player who marries the homecoming queen (Jessica Lange) and SLOWLY comes to realize that the fame and glory of his college days won't carry him in the real world of professional football and the years after. Lange gets top billing (contractually), but it is Quaid's movie. This should have been his Oscar-nominated performance.Hackford (or careful editing) pulls back before certain moments fall into sappy sentimentality. But the period detail is meticulous and perfect, and certain pressings of this video come with the dialog-only (no music) trailer for 1989's "Batman", one of the unintentionally best movie trailers ever.

DVD plays well and clearly

good movie