(25,271 votes)
For anyone missing the football season and scrabbling around trying to enjoy other sports, you could do worse than watch Friday Night Lights.
This opened in the cinema very briefly in the UK but is out on R1 DVD already, and it’s the true story of a small Texan town and its obsession with senior school football (the gridiron kind). It’s not the overtly jingoistic and clichéd story you might expect, but instead concentrates on the pressure piled on the coach (Billy Bob Thornton, excellent as always) and the players (Derek Luke and others). There’s also a fine performance from country superstar Tim McGraw in the unsympathetic role of a drunken father.
It’s directed by actor Peter Berg, who made the hideous Very Bad Things, and apart from using a bit too much hand-held camera he does a good job. You don’t need any knowledge of the sport, and the end will surprise anyone not familiar with the story.
The extras on the DVD mainly consist of interviews with the real-life counterparts of the actors.
Mild Peril Rating: 
- Missin the Friday night lights and seein my number 40 out there! Wish he would've played college ball.
(about 2 minutes ago) - This reminds me of friday night lights at the end
(about 2 minutes ago) - Cuando en un día de Super Bowl, pasen en la TV libre "Friday night lights" o "Any given sunday", me avisan.
(about 3 minutes ago) - Mindless Behavior - My Girl was a song I listened to every night before Friday night lights last season, lmao I have no idea why.
(about 4 minutes ago) - Don't really have a clue what's going on, but I've been watching Friday Night Lights, so I'm kinda excited for the #Superbowl! Haha.
(about 6 minutes ago)
Friday Night Lights has been my nightime favorite show.,-,
i love football and lovestory that is why i like Friday Night Lights. ~*;
Friday Night Lights is the favorite show of my sister because she likes the actor a lot:::
Friday Night Lights is a great tv series, i love the game and i love the story ;“