| 80 for Brady | |
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| Directed by | Kyle Marvin |
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| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Edited by | Colin Patton |
| Music by | John Debney |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28 million[1] |
| Box office | $40.4 million[2][3] |
80 for Brady is a 2023 Americansportscomedy film directed byKyle Marvin in his directorial debut from a screenplay bySarah Haskins andEmily Halpern, and produced by formerNFL quarterbackTom Brady. Inspired by a true story, it focuses on four lifelong friends (played byLily Tomlin,Jane Fonda,Rita Moreno, andSally Field) who travel to watch Brady and hisNew England Patriots play inSuper Bowl LI in 2017.Billy Porter,Rob Corddry,Alex Moffat, andGuy Fieri also star.
80 for Brady was released theatrically in the United States on February 3, 2023, byParamount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $40 million worldwide against a $28 million budget.
Elderly best friends Lou, Trish, Maura, and Betty are massive fans of theNew England Patriots, particularly the team's starquarterbackTom Brady, having become fans in 2001 while celebrating Lou's successful completion ofchemotherapy. 15 years later, the four women are celebrating the Patriots' victory over thePittsburgh Steelers in theAFC Championship Game and make plans for theSuper Bowl LI watch party.
The friends enter a competition for free tickets to the Super Bowl inHouston by sharing the stories of their Patriots fandom; Lou later announces their win and they prepare for their trip. On the day of their flight, the others break a sleeping Maura out of her retirement home (she had accidentally taken the wrong medication) with help from her fellow resident, Mickey.
In Houston, they go to theSuper Bowl Experience, where Betty wins a chicken wing eating contest hosted byGuy Fieri, but loses the tickets. Trish meets former NFL player Dan O'Callahan and they are mutually attracted, but she is uncertain as she has not had a very successful love life. He invites her to a party, and the women decide to go upon learning about the loss of the tickets, as Fieri will also be there.
At the party, the women are givencannabis edibles which severely disorient them. Maura joins in on a game of poker in order to potentially buy new tickets, only to learn that the game is for charity; she gives her winnings to the charity of her top competitor, Gugu. Unable to find Fieri, the foursome return to their hotel.
The next day, the women go back to the Super Bowl Experience but find it has closed down. They then go to thetailgate parties aroundNRG Stadium to see if they can buy scalped tickets, but cannot afford them. Trish finds the radio hosts they won the tickets from and brings up the situation to them, but they are confused as they gave their tickets to a different group.
Betty finds Fieri at the tailgate and recovers the bag with the tickets but when the women attempt to enter the stadium, the security guards reveal that the tickets are fake. Lou confesses that she bought the "tickets" online for an exorbitant price, as she wanted to have one last fun memory with her friends as she fears that her cancer may have returned.
The other women console her and agree that even if they could not make it into the game, they are satisfied with all of their other memories. They run into Gugu, who sneaks them in under the guise of being backup dancers forLady Gaga's halftime performance out of gratitude for Maura's actions the previous night.
They then run into Dan who invites them into his box suite as his guests. Concerned as they watch theAtlanta Falcons build a 28–3 lead over the Patriots, they sneak into the Patriots coordinators' booth. Betty hijacks the defensive coordinator's headset and gives him a playcall which leads to asack, while Lou talks to Brady and gives him an inspirational message.
The four return to their box suite and watch as Brady leads the Patriots to a victory. Maura reveals she made back the money Lou spent on the fake tickets by making a bet on the Patriots winning with the suite owner. The women are approached by security and escorted to the Patriots' locker room, and then thanked by the players for their dedication.
Three years later, Trish, Maura, Betty, and Lou, along with Mickey, and Lou's daughter Sara, prepare to watch Brady's first game with his new team theTampa Bay Buccaneers, and it is revealed that Lou is in good health.[a] Sometime later, the four women sit on a beach with Brady discussing their retirements.[b]
Brady's former Patriots teammatesDanny Amendola,Julian Edelman, andRob Gronkowski have cameo appearances as themselves.[5]
It was announced in February 2022 thatTom Brady, then recently retired for the first time from his football career, would produce and appear in the film, to be directed and cowritten by Kyle Marvin. The film is inspired by a real-life group of Patriots fans known as the "Over 80 for Brady" club; the grandson of one member pitched the idea for a film.[6]Lily Tomlin,Jane Fonda,Rita Moreno andSally Field also joined the cast.[7] In March,Sara Gilbert,Glynn Turman,Bob Balaban,Ron Funches,Jimmy O. Yang andHarry Hamlin were added to the cast.[8][9][10] That same month, Brady reversed his decision to retire from the NFL, although he eventually retired for good in February 2023. Marvin said that the announcement was "certainly news to us, so we had to adapt".[11]
Filming began by March 2022, with the production receiving a tax credit to film inCalifornia.[11][12] In June, filming wrapped, withBilly Porter andGuy Fieri added to the cast.[13] By July 14, 2022, former PatriotsRob Gronkowski,Danny Amendola andJulian Edelman were announced as having had joined the film.[14]
The film's score was composed byJohn Debney in November 2022.[15] The soundtrack single "Gonna Be You" was released January 20, 2023. The song was written byDiane Warren, and performed byDolly Parton,Belinda Carlisle,Cyndi Lauper,Debbie Harry andGloria Estefan. The official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while wearing football jerseys similar to the ones worn by the women in the film, interspersed with clips from the film.[16] The official Debney's score album for the film was released on February 9, 2023, byParamount Music.[17]
Tracks on the soundtrack include "Get Down on It" byKool and the Gang, "Too Tight" byCon Funk Shun, "Bra" by Cymande, "Come On and Get It" byThe Steppers, "Frogtown Funk" by Bijan OIia, Aleksi Glick, and Jeffrey Koch, and "It's My House" byDiana Ross.[18][19]
80 for Brady was released in theaters on February 3, 2023, byParamount Pictures.[20] Two days before the film's release, Brady announced his retirement from the NFL after 23 seasons.[21]
80 for Brady was released forVOD on March 7, 2023, followed with aBlu-ray andDVD release byParamount Home Entertainment on May 2, 2023.[22]
In the United States and Canada,80 for Brady was released alongsideKnock at the Cabin, and was projected to gross around $10 million from 3,912 theaters in its opening weekend.[1] The film made $4.7 million on its first day, which includes $1.3 million from previews on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday leading up to its release. It went on to debut to $12.5 million, finishing second behindKnock at the Cabin, though it actually sold more tickets, 1.3 million to 1.1 million. Of the opening weekend audience, 47% were over the age of 55 and 69% were women, with much of the sales coming from matinee showtimes.[23] The film made $6 million in its second weekend (a drop of 53%), finishing fourth.[24]
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 58% of 135 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "The titular QB may have been tough to beat on the gridiron, but on the big screen, it's80 for Brady's veteran leading ladies who make this lightweight comedy a fitfully winsome watch."[25]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[26] Audiences surveyed byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled byPostTrak gave it an 85% positive score, with 68% saying they would definitely recommend it.[23]
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