{"id":2482,"date":"2007-03-08T23:48:01","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T06:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2021-03-13T15:13:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:13:58","slug":"all-the-right-moves-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2482","title":{"rendered":"All the Right Moves (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Scholarship here, no scholarship here. Who the hell gave you that power?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Poster-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Poster.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA high school football star (Tom Cruise) hoping for a college scholarship clashes with his coach (Craig Nelson) and gets kicked off the team.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming of Age<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Football<\/li>\n<li>High School<\/li>\n<li>Mining Towns<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<li>Tom Cruise Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n1983 was a busy year for young Tom Cruise; he starred in no less than four feature films, including <em>Losin&#8217; It<\/em>, <em>The Outsiders<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2292\"><em>Risky Business<\/em><\/a>, and <em>All the Right Moves<\/em>, a &#8220;sadly underrated &#8216;youth film&#8217; set in a poor Pennsylvania mining town.&#8221; Ostensibly about football, <em>All the Right Moves  <\/em>is actually a poignant coming-of-age fable: its protagonist, Steff (Cruise), faces a life-altering challenge, and must learn to renegotiate his relationships with his girlfriend, his coach, his parents, and himself. Cruise does a fine job as Steff, but it&#8217;s Lea Thompson who truly shines here; it&#8217;s too bad her character&#8217;s story isn&#8217;t given equal weight. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Cruise as the young football star itching for a ticket away from home<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Cruise.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lea Thompson&#8217;s &#8220;mature and appealing&#8221; performance as Cruise&#8217;s musician girlfriend<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Thompson3.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Craig Nelson as Cruise&#8217;s coach<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/All-the-Right-Moves-Nelson.png 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth watching. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0085154\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/10\/21\/movies\/film-all-the-right-moves-in-football.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/all-the-right-moves-1983\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/77749.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Scholarship here, no scholarship here. Who the hell gave you that power?&#8221; Synopsis: A high school football star (Tom Cruise) hoping for a college scholarship clashes with his coach (Craig Nelson) and gets kicked off the team. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming of Age Dick Miller Films Football High School Mining Towns Teenagers Tom Cruise Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: 1983 was a busy year for young Tom Cruise; he starred in no less than four feature films, including&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2482\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70495,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions\/70495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}