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100
Viewer score based on 5 votes.

Critic Score

70
Critics' score based on 35 reviews.
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One of the best football movies ever, Nights in the end celebrates the game.Full Review

Mike Clark
USA Today

The movie demonstrates the power of sports to involve us; we don't live in Odessa and are watching a game played 16 years ago, and we get all wound up.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Thornton, giving a splendid, disciplined performance, seamlessly shapes his coach into a believable man of quality rather than star-size charisma.Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

The film lets you get caught up in the excitement of this religion and the addictive nature of those stadium lights. Berg and cinematographer Tobias Schliessler get up close to the action, catching the hits and miscues in all their violent urgency.Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

Compelling.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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