Stefen is present and is a reluctant participant, but is nonetheless spotted by Nickerson as the vandals flee. In the aftermath, disgruntled Ampipe fans vandalize Coach Nickerson's house and yard.
When Stefen retorts that the coach himself quit, the coach kicks him off the team.
Following the game, Coach Vern Nickerson lambastes the fumbler in the locker room, telling him he "quit" the game. In the big football game against the undefeated Walnut Heights High School, Ampipe appears headed to win the game, when a fumbled handoff in the closing seconds-as well as Stefen's pass interference penalty earlier in the game-lead to Walnut Heights' victory. Stef gets through his days with the love of his girlfriend, Lisa Lietzke, and his strong bond with his teammates. Ampipe is a company town whose economy is dominated by the town's main employer, American Pipe & Steel, a steel mill struggling through the downturn of the early 1980s recession. He dreams of becoming an electrical engineer right after he graduates from college. He is seeking a college football scholarship to escape the economically depressed small Western Pennsylvania town of Ampipe and a dead-end job and life working at the mill, just like his father and brother Greg. An android/robot film told from the female perspective.Stefen "Stef" Djordjevic is a Serbian American high school defensive back who is gifted in sports and is a B student academically. In fact the entire cast is very good, and we get some pretty decent comedy from the supports.Īll in all an okay watch.
Malkovich does an excellent job of his duel roles, and Ann Magnuson is very good as the high powered marketer. It doesn't get campy enough, in my opinion to be the film that it truly wanted to be, but succeeds regardless. But it's almost a bit too cute for its own good. In that vein it's kid of a cute little film, as was the intent. But, because it is a comedy I cut it some slack, and so should everyone else. And I have, but that information is that some films should've have been directed by men. I keep hoping to gleam something interesting form the fairer sexes viewpoint. Which is better? Well, in spite of the fact that I've bought and written a lot of chick flick stuff as of recent, Im not really a chick flick dude. If a dude had directed the thing, it would've been heavy on the heavy-romance, deep, emotional and angst ridden. Because it is a woman directing the thing we get a romantic tale dealing with the emotional development between the characters and their relationships. It's not a stellar achievement in film making, but it's got a certain appeal. For the first time I'm finally able to see the whole film. I saw this film many many years ago, but only in bits and pieces. His less sure and more intellectual half winds up with his dream, and his more down to earth side winds up with the girl. Malkovich's characters are endearing to the female mind, and we get the dichotomy of a man divided. Definately a chick-flick, one wonders how the film might've ended up had a guy directed it. I'm pretty big on science fiction, and where this one doesn't have any heroics or shoot 'em stuff, it's still kind of a nice little film.
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