Awful. Terrible. A fat guy playing a tuba is a fun image. But that’s all this movie is. 2 hours of a fat guy playing the tuba. In your face.
Originally, this script was intended to be a straight-up tale about the dawn of pro football. Instead it’s a fat guy playing the tuba.
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
