Friday Night Lights
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Synopsis
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Lucas Black
- Garrett Hedlund
- Derek Luke
- Jay Hernandez
- Lee Thompson Young
- Tim McGraw
- Grover Coulson
- Connie Britton
Letterboxd User Reviews
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- Feb 3, 2015
Texas seems like a horrible place to live.
Jacob W.Sep 26, 2016CW: racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia (implied?), capitalism, America It's not even coded. It's not subtext. The final team to beat is "black." The film acknowledges this within the context of the story, but it doesn't acknowledge the full sociological or historical…
Sally Jane BlackFeb 26, 2024The 1988 Odessa Permian Panthers are the worst losers in the history of sports. Absolute bums with a Mickey Mouse schedule and a disgraceful performance in a Texas State Championship they only got into on a coin toss.
Will Menaker - Aug 26, 2025
I mean not saying his father was in the right at all but… Billingsley do be fumbling the ball a lot.
Tyler WhitmoreJan 7, 2021His name is boobie.
BossBabyFanApr 24, 2024NFL draft starts tomorrow so I felt like watching one of my favorite football movies. Back in high school during football season Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans, and occasionally a few others would just play in a rotation when I’d go to bed after summer 3-a-day…
Brennan - Jan 4, 2021
“We're in the business of winning.” -Coach Gaines, Participants are heroes... go sports go! I don't know what I was expecting because I find sports fandom to be an illness and I hate Peter Berg's conservative approach to understanding humanity. I think after hearing…
{Todd}Jan 7, 2015Top quality high school football movie which is more about the the pressure place on these young men living in small town Texas as about the game itself. The film expertly swings between uplifting and heart wrenching as it tells the story of these young men in what will…
bree1981Sep 9, 2022don billingsley’s girlfriend (real)
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Meagan likedFriday Night LightsNot a usual ending and I loved it
Wilson lovedFriday Night LightsI love this movie
Zoe likedFriday Night LightsI thought I was watching a cheesy football movie and then I got hit with the overwhelming feelings of watching all these kids play this game for the last time and then!! See the next generation do it!! And now I’m crying my little eyes out
- Fabian Gonzalez lovedFriday Night Lights
After rewatching it again many years later, I didn’t realize how messed up the politics of high school football were. Pretty crazy but the football scenes were so awesome and get me so pumped
Diarmad Mc80s likedFriday Night LightsHad seen this before and was thinking it would get a love. However, having just finished binging the TV show, I’m going to give it a like instead. Clear eyes. Full hearts. CAN’T LOSE!
Emoni is "meh" onFriday Night LightsI love a sports movie and this had some great moments but the caricature like qualities given to Miles and the N word drop in the first 20 min took me out of it a bit
- Alli Klein lovedFriday Night Lights
I’m 15 years late on this show but it’s really good, great characters and so much heart. And I don’t even care about football!
Conor is "meh" onFriday Night LightsNot as good as the other football movies of this generation (Remember the Titans, The Blind Side, etc)
Bennett Hermann likedFriday Night LightsFeel good and great halftime speech at the end but whole movie didnt live up to the hype
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Metacritic
The film lets you get caught up in the excitement of this religion and the addictive nature of those stadium lights. Berg and cinematographer Tobias Schliessler get up close to the action, catching the hits and miscues in all their violent urgency.
Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter
Friday Night Lights is the Black Hawk Down of high school football movies. As exclusively as Ridley Scott's picture was about combat, this film concerns football and nothing but.
Todd McCarthy
Variety
When Friday Night Lights gets to the big games, the time it's spent creates an atmosphere thick with tension, one akin to the real-world experience of watching a favorite team play for its life.
Keith Phipps
The A.V. Club
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Friday Night Lights (2004) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is Friday Night Lights (2004)?
The movie is 1hr 58min long.
What's Friday Night Lights (2004) about?
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
Who's the cast of Friday Night Lights (2004)?
- Billy Bob Thornton as Coach Gary Gaines
- Lucas Black as Mike Winchell
- Garrett Hedlund as Don Billingsley
- Derek Luke as Boobie Miles
- Jay Hernandez as Brian Chavez
- Lee Thompson Young as Chris Comer
- Tim McGraw as Charles Billingsley
- Grover Coulson as L.V. Miles
- Connie Britton as Sharon Gaines
Who produced Friday Night Lights (2004)?
Brian Grazer produced Friday Night Lights (2004).
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