Wildcats (1986)

The daughter (Goldie Hawn) of a famous football coach is coaching girls' track but what she really wants to do is coach football. To this end, she accepts a job at an inner city high school as a football coach but the undisciplined players give her a hard time. Directed by Michael Ritchie (DOWNHILL RACER), one can see the film makers pitching the plot to studio heads, "Goldie Hawn coaches football in a ghetto high school. Think of the hilarious possibilities!". Unfortunately, that's all they did ..... think of the hilarious possibilities without actually coming up with anything concrete. So what we get is a by the numbers sports comedy. Goldie Hawn may have inherited Judy Holliday's mantle but she too often chose dubious material that not even her star power could save. For every winner like PRIVATE BENJAMIN or FOUL PLAY, we get a GIRL FROM PETROVKA, BEST FRIENDS or DUCHESS AND DIRTWATER FOX. Here, her charm works up to a point but by the end of the movie, she's used up the good will. With Swoosie Kurtz, James Keach, Nipsey Russell, Mykelti Williamson, Jan Hooks, Gloria Stuart, Ann Doran and in their film debuts, Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.