80 For Brady Captures What I Like Most About Sports, I.E. Not The Sports
80 for Brady tells the story of four old women who love Tom Brady. I am a young man who is, at best, apathetic toward the newly retired quarterback, the New England Patriots, and football as a whole. Somehow, though, thismoviecaptured what I like about sports better than any movie I’ve ever seen. In 80 for Brady, the actual sport of football is secondary. The movie is mostly about the rituals around sports and the way they give the game meaning for the people who watch it....