The Best of Times

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The Best of Times

PG-13

1986

1h 44m

Comedy

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Married banker Jack Dundee (Robin Williams) has lived his life regretting a botched play he made in a high school football game. His friend Reno Hightower (Kurt Russell), who threw the pass that Jack dropped, is deeply in debt from operating his car garage. With Reno, Jack hatches a plan to reunite all the players from the old game and replay it, hoping that this time he can make amends. When the game eventually happens, Jack again finds himself at the center of a key play.

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

Jan 4, 2018

... what it really resembles, more than anything, is a teen comedy populated by adults.

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

May 21, 2003

2/5

Such a rouser that it almost makes up for the incomplete passes and stopped runs that precede it.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 24, 2023

2/4

Here’s a “feel-good” movie more likely to make one “feel-annoyed” by the utter predictability of it all.

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Oct 6, 2005

3/5

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jun 26, 2005

2/5

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

May 31, 2005

2/5

Nostalgic fantasy about replaying that high school game with all the jock pals.

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Roger Spottiswoode

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Pamela Reed

Gigi Hightower

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Married banker Jack Dundee (Robin Williams) has lived his life regretting a botched play he made in a high school football game. His friend Reno Hightower (Kurt Russell), who threw the pass that Jack dropped, is deeply in debt from operating his car garage. With Reno, Jack hatches a plan to reunite all the players from the old game and replay it, hoping that this time he can make amends. When the game eventually happens, Jack again finds himself at the center of a key play.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Producer: Gordon Carroll
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 31, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.8M
Runtime: 1h 44m

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