American Wildcats (1986)

American Wildcats: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold. A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.

“I saw this on television once sometime on the late 1980s (I donu0026#39;t think the movie had been in theaters more than two or three years before). I liked it but havenu0026#39;t thought anything about it since. WILDCATS came on television this morning, and I started watching it to kill time before getting hooked on the goofy but likeable story. It is really a funny, cute movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst, let me say I am not a fan of football movies; however, I have enjoyed movies such as THE LONGEST YARD, NORTH DALLAS FORTY and AGAINST ALL ODDS (to name a few) where an interesting story and characters add life to an otherwise u0026quot;sports film.u0026quot; Yes the football scenes are fun to watch, but what makes the movie truly watchable is the feeling Goldie adds to her character (like in PRIVATE BENJAMIN) plus the developing struggle between her ex-husband concerning her new career and raising of her children. Its predictable in many ways, but hey, it was nice to watch a movie that made me feel happy for a change (rather than depressed or confused as so many contemporary movies seem to do).”