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70% Critic Match
Second String
“She believed in him. Now he must believe in himself to lead the team to the Super Bowl.”
7.0 / 10• 2002• 1h 40m•NR• English
TV MovieComedyDrama
Storyline
American football coach Chuck Dichter has worked wonders with the Buffalo Bills, and is even confident to crown his career with a Super Bowl victory, but before the play-offs an oyster food-poisoning wipes out his first team for a month. Dan Heller, an insurance salesman and former college quarterback, who was hired -relactantly, but his wife twisted his arm- just for practice, now has to captain and train a bunch of rookies and old-timers against the hardest adversaries. Dichter decides to sign up triple Super Bowl-winner Tommy Baker in Dan's place...
Cast & Crew
Jon Voight
Coach Chuck Dichter
Lead
Gil Bellows
Dan Heller
Teri Polo
Connie Heller
Richard T. Jones
Gerry Fullerton
Garcelle Beauvais
Larissa Fullerton
George Eads
Tommy Baker
Charles Malik Whitfield
Lenny Voyles
Lamont Johnson
Ernie Weathers
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rob Lieberman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Second String is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
