“80 for Brady” is a sports comedy series with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field starring.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- 80 for Brady is a 2023 American sports comedy film
- It is directed by Kyle Marvin
- Written by Sarah Haskins and Emily Halpern
- The film is produced by former NFL quarterback Tom Brady
- The film follows four lifelong friends (Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field) who travel to watch Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI in 2017
- 80 for Brady was released in the United States on February 3, 2023 by Paramount Pictures
- It received mixed reviews from critics
- It was announced in February 2022 that Tom 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
- Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field also joined the cast
- In March, Sara Gilbert, Glynn Turman, Bob Balaban, Ron Funches, Jimmy O. Yang and Harry Hamlin were added to the cast
- 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”
- Filming began by March 2022, with the production receiving a tax credit to film in California
- In June, filming wrapped, with Billy Porter and Guy Fieri added to the cast
- By July 14, 2022, former Patriots Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman joined the film
- The soundtrack single “Gonna Be You” was released January 20, 2023
- The song was written by Diane Warren
- It is performed by Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, and Debbie Harry
- 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
- These are interspersed with clips from the film
- In the United States and Canada, 80 for Brady was released alongside Knock at the Cabin
- It was projected to gross around $10 million from 3,800 theaters in its opening weekend
- The film made $4.7 million on its first day
- This includes $1.27 million from previews on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday leading up to its release
- It went on to debut to $12.5 million
- Finishing second behind Knock at the Cabin
- 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
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 64% rating
- Based on 88 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 5.7/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “The titular QB may have been tough to beat on the gridiron, but on the big screen, it’s 80 for Brady’s veteran leading ladies who make this lightweight comedy a fitfully winsome watch”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100
- Based on 27 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
- Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A–” on an A+ to F scale
- While those polled by PostTrak gave it an 85% positive score
- With 68% saying they would definitely recommend it
