The Turkey Bowl

This movie SUCKED. Bad acting. Poorly written jokes. This movie looks like it was shot in a high school film class.

It's pretty good. There are some laughs. Barry Switzer steals the show.

Reviews are bots. Bad writing. Bad acting. Just plain bad.

It's disappointing to see how a bad movie can get falsified reviews and undermine the integrity, a trusted source for movie reviews.

Within ten minutes of starting the film, you'll regret your decision.

The premise outline of this movie has been done before. In 1999 a school football team had a chance to break a 50 year old drought and win the Turkey Bowl. But it snowed and the game never got finished. Why it didn't get rescheduled is a reality point the movie ignores for the team's to reunite in 2019 (I guess) and finish what they started. Only thing is the star player has run off to be a big shot in Chicago and is about to be engaged to a presidential campaigners daughter. He is tricked into returning home to play the game he has no interest in, nor wants to return home. Once there, he rekindles with his buddies, teammates and old girlfriend.... you can probably fill in how it all ends.

The comedy tries to be a bit of Animal House and borrows a lot of the same story from The Waterboy and just about every other underdogs football movie. The plot has no originality, and the outcomes are foreseen a mile away.

However, there is a couple of laughs, has a good pace, and doesn't leave you bored. It's ok for one viewing, but it has no rewatch value.

It's worth watching if you're a fan of stoner type comedy. Not the best editing, no name cast outside of Matt Jones (Breaking Bad - the reason I found this film), and a cameo part from Harland Williams (Half Baked). The concept was very predictable at every turn, cheesy at times to the point of slapstick. The end football game was very exaggerated.. and the soundtrack made it feel like a cliche 90s movie.. Other than that, the acting wasn't terrible, the script was pretty "meh", with lots of obvious unexplained questions.. For what it was, the script could have been better. There's a few laughs in there if you don't get over critical while watching it. It is what it is.. a 5 out of 10 star movie at best. I'd probably give it a 3-4 without Matt Jones. Ever since I saw him in Breaking Bad as Badger, I've watched most everything else he's done - so there you go.