Friday Night Lights(2004)- User Reviews

This is my favorite movie of all time The depiction of texas football makes me want to move to odessa and play for the panthers My high school treats football nothing like this i wish it did, to a degree. Billy bob was great in this movie and so was booby …more»

In Friday Night Lights, Billy Bob Thornton plays the tough-talking coach of a perennial state champion contending Texas high-school football team in this adaptation of the fantastic 1990 bestselling book by H.G Bissinger.
Based on the book about high …more»

I loved this movie. The visuals looked completely real, and Tim McGraw and Billy Bob Thorton were outstanding. This is definatly a film I will buy. Friday Night Lights has better visuals and overall better acting than Remember the Titans but Remember …more»

i live in texas, not odessa but football is a big thing in all of texas & they portrayed what texas football is really like. i love football so thats another reason why i liked it so much. great acting too.more»

The Book focuses a lot more on the town than the movie does. The movie mainly focuses on the football part of the story. The movie is accurate though, but they do not bring up any of the racism from the book. I was actually only 1/3 of the way through …more»

If your not in high school anymore then you should skip this movie unless your way into football or want to reminse about High School. This movie was really pointless to me,after the movie ask yourself "what did this movie accomplish and what's …more»

Friday Night Lights looked like it was going to be a great football film, but it falls apart for several reasons which I'm about to explain.
The story is genius, its a great true story and deserved a better script. The script is not altogether bad, …more»

Having read the book I can say that the movie is one of those rare movies that is just as good as the book. Having had a child go to "state" I can say that the movie captures the feeling perfectly. Having had a child involved in high school …more»

This film is the true story of a Texas high school football team who were the pride and joy of their town. The team members are local celebrities who enjoy the benefits and indure the pressure of such status. It is a powerful examination of the innocence …more»

Hey you all dont know me but you saw me on the movie. i was the starting middle linebacker of Odessa High School in the movie.
This movie was sooo exactly on. For the realness of the movie it has to get a A+++++. It was so much fun seeing someone play …more»