Everybody's All-American

Everybody's All-American

Their life story is a love story

Directed by Taylor Hackford

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1988127 min5.4 / 10

A melancholic portrait of a fallen sports hero grappling with lost identity and the erosion of a once-golden marriage.

Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.

Questions people ask

  • Is Everybody's All-American sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Everybody's All-American scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Everybody's All-American violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Everybody's All-American end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

  • Is Everybody's All-American easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity54

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Everybody's All-American, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Everybody's All-American, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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