Paper Lion

G 6.2
1968 1 hr 47 min Comedy

Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.

  • Cast:
    Alan Alda , Lauren Hutton , Joe Schmidt , Alex Karras

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Reviews

Limerculer
1968/10/23

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

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Brainsbell
1968/10/24

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

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Suman Roberson
1968/10/25

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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Hattie
1968/10/26

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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