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The Replacements
2000 · Film · 118 min
Directed by Howard Deutch
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
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I don't think it'll motivate people to start up a company any more than "the replacements" motivated people to be pro footballers. I think it might get people thinking about ideas, but in the end, it's the execution that counts.
Whilst it's always great for society in general to have as many innovators as possible, I think movies like this tout the "sexy" idea, instead of the grind-it-out reality. As soon as people who were inspired by a movie notice that fact, they jump ship as quickly as the hopped on.