Yes, 80 for Brady is based on a true story! According to CBS News Sunday Morning, the movie was inspired by a real group of Tom Brady super-fans who dubbed themselves the “Over 80 for Brady” club. The real group consists of Elaine St. Martin and Betty Pensavalle and their friends Anita, Pat and Claire.

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A comfort movie for the silver-haired cinephile, 80 for Brady is charming enough to score a touchdown for those who like their cinema undemanding. It's never very funny, and the drama is thoroughly sappy, but these four grande dames of cinema keep it entertaining.

It gave us lots of opportunities to blend the real with the narrative fiction that we're telling.” Rather than travel to Houston, the production filmed exteriors on sets it constructed at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Banc of California Stadium in order to take advantage of California tax credits.

“He never gives up no matter what he's up against,” she says. You come to expect a bright halo to appear over Brady's head. Director Kyle Marvin fails to build any real tension as he frighteningly shifts from farce to cringe to melancholy, but real footage of the big game is nicely knitted into the second half.

"When I was 26 years old and he was 29 years old, we met, we wanted a family, we wanted things together. "As time goes by, we realise that we just wanted different things, and now we have a choice to make. That doesn't mean you don't love the person."

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1h 38m80 for Brady / Running time 80 for Brady (2023) is 1 hr 38 min long.

Though this isn't the sort of romcom moviegoers are likely to turn to year after year for comfort and joy, it's worth a watch to see the cast and the funny wedding sequence in the third act.

1h 38m80 for Brady / Running time 80 for Brady (2023) is 1 hr 38 min long.

The film was shot almost entirely in Los Angeles, California, with the Brady house being located in Sherman Oaks. The school scenes were shot at Taft High School in Woodland Hills.

Harry Hamlin Harry Hamlin plays Dan, a former NFL player who has two Super Bowl rings and takes a shine to Trish. Billy Porter drops in as Lady Gaga's choreographer. Patton Oswalt is in a poker scene for about 50 seconds. Brady sports a 2017 Tom Brady haircut and is a bit stiff playing himself.