Friday Night Lights

By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Published on October 22, 2004 04:00AM EDT

A stirring real-life drama about a West Texas town whose population sucks the breath of life from the success of its high school football team. Billy Bob Thornton is splendid as the coach.

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