3.5/4  Friday Night Lights
This is one of the best sporst movies i have seen. It brings a reality to high school sports, not to mention sports in general. It's not a normal cinderella story, were the underdog magically wins, and everyone is happy. The ending makes t... (read full)

2.5/4  The Sounds & Visuals Save It...
I've never been one for "football movies"...but this one just so happens to be equipped with beautiful cinematography unique to the genre, and of course a gorgeous soundtrack by Explosions in the Sky (music you can't help but feel somethin... (read full)

3.5/4  Friday Night Lights Quick Review
Friday Night Lights was one of the best sport movie. I didn't know much about footbal, but I enjoyed this movie very much. The acting was great and the music too.

3.5/4  Friday Night Lights Quick Review
Simply one of my favorites sports films. It combines great drama with real characters that you want to care about. Other films may sugarcoat things, but this film tells it like it is, and it's not always pretty.

4/5 Friday Night Lights
  by Donald L. Bailey
Loved it! My grandson was a lineman in this picture!

REALLY!

5/5 Word.
  by Sean Davis
Good movie. Missed some key points from the book like the academic scandal which only adds to the drama in the title game. Overall good movie though

5/5 Awsome Football Flick!!!
  by S. Schwartz
It certainly started out as just another football film (though over-directed with a hyper-active camera)...the parties, the sexual shenanigans, the over-the-top characters. I was ready to pan the film.
But then it heated up. Once the season started, and the football action became the centerpiece, this film shined. The characters were compelling and you really felt for them and their individual situations.

I am not a Billy Bob Thorton fan, but I was pleasantly surprised by his controlled performance. Too often the coaches in football movies are completely over the top. Thorton had the strength to get on people - but he never over did it. It was a football coach. And the movie ended on a strong note. The half-time speech Thorton gives during the final game is something that gives a former football player goose bumps. It really encapsulates what its truly like to be a part of a football TEAM...and how powerful that experience can be.

I have seen movies like "All the Right Moves", "The Program", "Varsity Blues" and the laughable "Any Given Sunday". NONE of them can hold a candle to this movie. Any football player or fan needs to watch this film...the best football movie I have ever watched.



3/5 Friday Night Lights - Blu-ray Info
  by LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
Version: U.S.A / Universal / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:57:39
Movie size: 38,83 GB
Disc size: 45,15 GB
Total bit rate: 44.01 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 35.86 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 3986 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3986 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
DTS Audio Spanish 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround

Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Number of chapters: 32

#Audio Commentary
#Deleted Scenes (SD - 22 minutes)
#Featurettes
--Peter Berg Discusses a Scene in the Movie (SD - 1 minute)
--Player Cam (SD - 4 minutes)
--Tim McGraw: Off the Stage (SD - 6 minutes)
--The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (SD - 23 minutes)
--Behind the Lights (SD - 26 minutes)
--Gridiron Grads (SD - 14 minutes)
#BD-Live enabled

4/5 Well Made Movie
  by G. Young (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Friday Night Lights has a more refined development of the key characters than what you usually see in HS sports movies. It does a great job of exposing how they deal with challenges and setbacks, with some memorable scenes.