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Necessary Roughness

This gang of loners, loonies and losers are about to become something they've never been before... a team.

1991 · 1h 48m · PG-13 Comedy
Directed by Stan Dragoti

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Overview

When the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?

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33%
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Rotten

For every sharp one-liner about a pampered college football team that's "so corrupt it could use its yearbook photos as mug shots," there's a brain-numbing plot development that's straight out of a desperate sitcom.

John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh

The film itself is a genial, slight, entirely predictable football comedy, but it serves Bakula well.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

As they say in football, pass.

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten

The shameless commercialism and hypocrisy of big-time college football is a target as inviting as a receiver wide open in the end zone. But the muddled huddle that is Necessary Roughness is one long fumble strewn with offensive lines.

Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

An amiable comedy.

Clifford Terry, Chicago Tribune

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