6.6 Score

1992 • 1h 46min • PG-13 • Drama

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"Just because you’re accepted doesn’t mean you belong."

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.

IMDb 6.9

RT 60%

MC 65

Director

Robert Mandel

Writers

Dick Wolf

Darryl Ponicsan

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Brendan Fraser

David Greene

Matt Damon

Charlie Dillon

Chris O'Donnell

Chris Reece

Randall Batinkoff

Rip Van Kelt

Andrew Lowery

McGivern

Cole Hauser

Jack Connors

Ben Affleck

Chesty Smith

Anthony Rapp

McGoo

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Brendan Fraser David Greene

Matt Damon Charlie Dillon

Chris O'Donnell Chris Reece

Randall Batinkoff Rip Van Kelt

Andrew Lowery McGivern

Cole Hauser Jack Connors

Ben Affleck Chesty Smith

Anthony Rapp McGoo

Amy Locane Sally Wheeler

Peter Donat Headmaster Bartram

Zeljko Ivanek Mr. Cleary

Kevin Tighe Coach McDevitt

Michael Higgins Mr. Gierasch

Ed Lauter Alan Greene

Peter McRobbie Chaplain

John Cunningham Grayson Dillon

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