Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
One might want to consider wearing a helmet while watching.
– Norman Chad,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The Program is a mish-mash of cliches.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The Program is a routine Joe College movie, with the added twist that Joe College is Joe Kane (Craig Sheffer), a prime contender for the Heisman Trophy.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
Most of the focus is on Sheffer, whose character is too enigmatic, while Epps , Berry and Swanson gamely try to pull for extra dramatic yardage but can't do much with their underwritten roles.
– Brian Lowry,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Those are fairly standard story lines in a football movie, so that leaves the assorted relationship subplots, which frankly, are worse.