Everybody's All-American

Everybody's All-American

1988 · 127 min · EN · R · 5.5 (38 votes)
Dir. Taylor Hackford · Starring Dennis Quaid, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Carl Lumbly, Ray Baker · Music James Newton Howard

Their life story is a love story

DramaRomance

Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.

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A poignant look back at the golden days of youth and the harsh realities of adulthood. It captures the ache of lost potential and the bittersweet passage of time, wrapped in a classic American setting.

nostalgicmelancholicbittersweetearneststeadyperiod piececharacter studydramaticfading gloryamerican dreamidentitynostalgia
sportsamerican footballall-americanhomecoming queen
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