Product Details

• Actors: Jon Voight, Gil Bellows, Teri Polo, Richard T. Jones, George Eads
• Directors: Robert Lieberman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000C23BX
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,657 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Second String" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

When the Buffalo Bills star quarterback falls ill, it is up to a player who spends most of his time on the sidelines to bring the team to victory.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: UN
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars corny, good tv movie, February 9, 2005

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O. Rios (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Second String (DVD)

Second String was shown on TNT first.

real basic feel good movie.
Dan Heller is a 1st round 1990 QB Bust, who was drafted i think by the Eagles, who gave up 2 first rounders to get him, which turned out to be Junior Seau and Emmitt Smith.

John Viot is the head coach of the Buffalo Bills now, and has just made the playoffs with Doug Flutie at the helm. After they beat the Giants and make the playoffs, Viot wants to pick up a QB with a big arm to get the team ready for the playoffs.

because they can only sign one player a week during the playoffs, they get Heller, a not so good Insurance broker.

He signs with the Bills even though they doesn't want to, and the whole time, his wife Teri Pollo (Meet the Parents), is supportive and behind him.

and just by coincidence, the entire Buffalo Bills staring offense gets a stomach virus after eating oysters to celebrate making the playoffs.

so in steps Heller and the second string offense to lead Buffalo into the Super Bowl.

they get lucky against San Diego on a punt return for a TD, then go out and beat Miami for the title game to play Minnesota for the Super Bowl. and you can guess what happens at the end...

the movie is EXTREMELY corny, but also funny. its got some good stuff, like Heller's locker room speech after the title game, and some pretty neat football footage including real football clips from the Bills.

what is also cool is that for the shots at Reich Stadium, home of the Bills, they shot that stuff indoors in a smaller football field that is made to look like the real Bills stadium, like the scaled down Alamo in Disney's Davy Crockett.

overall, Second String is a good movie, but it is nowhere near The Replacements, Any Given Sunday, Remember the Titans, or Necessary Roughness. Like someone said, honestly, Little Giants was better than Second String.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I'll probably sell mine, February 7, 2008

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Terry Reyes (Alameda, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Second String (DVD)

First off, I have to say this is not a horrible film but there are many other football films out there that are waaaaay better. One I can easily name is Friday Night Lights. That one is an underrated classic. Second String, on the other hand, has so many sports cliches (the kicker with no confidence getting it back on Super Bowl, the tired run down player who wants to show he can win, the talented quarterback nobody gave a chance, the arrogant quarterback who doesn't care about anyone, the ruthless coach who doesn't believe in his player until the very last moment, the..okay I think you all get the point), that it practically ruins the whole flow of the film. Gil Bellows is fine but has no screen charisma. I think it would have been better for him to be cast as a coach and have Eads as the quarterback struggling to get his self-esteem back. Jon Voight looks like he's played one too many control freak coaches (Varsity Blues anyone?) and looks like he doesn't want to be in the film half the time. Anyway, unless you're a fan of one of the actors in the film (I love Eads that's why I got it) this film may not last long in your DVD collection.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this movie was great., November 24, 2003

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A. Jackson (East Coast USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Second String (DVD)

I originally caught this movie on TNT in the middle of the night. What a sleeper. I was so happy when it came out on DVD. If you liked The Replacements or Any Given Sunday, you will love this movie. The ending is very predictable, but it is fun to watch.