Play It to the Bone
First screened in August 2000 / Most recently screened in August 2020
Director: Ron Shelton. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Robert Wagner, Lucy Liu, Richard Masur, Cylk Cozart, Jack Carter, Aida Turturro, John Ortiz, Eloy Casados, Henry Gayle Sanders, Darrell Foster. Screenplay: Ron Shelton.

Twitter Capsule: You'd never guess Shelton had made some of our sprightliest sports movies—or any movies. Pile of wet noodles.

VOR:   Does little with its only interesting subject (flailing men of the underclasses, pitted against each other) or its only notable detour (queering one of those men).



Photo © 1999 Touchstone Pictures/Shanghai'd Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: D–

(in August 2000: D)


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