A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Goldie Hawn | ... | Molly McGrath | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Verna McGrath | |
| Robyn Lively | ... | Alice Needham | |
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Brandy Gold | ... | Marian Needham |
| James Keach | ... | Frank Needham | |
| Jan Hooks | ... | Stephanie Needham | |
| Bruce McGill | ... | Dan Darwell | |
| Nipsey Russell | ... | Ben Edwards | |
| Mykelti Williamson | ... | Levander 'Bird' Williams (as Mykel T. Williamson) | |
| Tab Thacker | ... | Phillip Finch | |
| Wesley Snipes | ... | Trumaine | |
| Jsu Garcia | ... | Cerulo (as Nick Corri) | |
| Woody Harrelson | ... | Krushinski | |
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Willie J. Walton | ... | Marvel |
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Rodney Hill | ... | Peanut |
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Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When the football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite expecting sniggers from fellow staff members and her former husband. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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coach | high school football | ex husband ex wife relationship | custody battle | mother daughter relationship |Taglines:
Her dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High.Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
14 February 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$5,472,905, 17 February 1986Gross USA:
$26,285,544Company Credits
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Love Lives AlonePerformed by Táta Vega (as Tata Vega)
Written by Hawk Wolinski, James Newton Howard and David Pack
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In the 1980's there wasn't a bigger female comedy star than Goldie Hawn. She excelled at playing the 'fish out of water' character in films like 'Private Benjamin,' 'Protocol,' and 'Overboard.' 'Wildcats' has the same formula those films had, only instead of the Army, Washington DC, or abject poverty, Goldie finds herself coaching football.
Here Goldie plays Molly, a divorced mother of two who has always dreamed of coaching a football team. But throughout her coaching career all she's been allowed to do was coach female track and field. When Molly gets the opportunity to take a head coaching job in an inner city school, she jumps at the chance. When she arrives at the school she is faced by a disorganized and disrespectful team of players. They don't want her as their coach, but she sticks to her guns, and she fights to gain their respect and obedience.
Of all the comedies that Goldie has starred in, this isn't one of her best. She's still great in this, but the film is overlong, bogged down by a buzz killing custody storyline with her schmuck ex-husband (Keach) and her two kids. There's also a lot of unfunny 'fart humor' on display, but thankfully not from Goldie's character.
But when the film is good, it's good. Besides the custody storyline, things move at a brisk, fun pace. It's fun to watch Goldie work to get the team to see eye to eye with her, or hunt down the truant quarterback in the ghetto and almost get herself caught up in a robbery, or hide a rival teams goat mascot in the locker room.
This isn't really heavy stuff here, but it is a fun 80's comedy with a great star doing what she does best. So if you're a fan of Goldie Hawn and 80's comedies, check this out.