Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Amateur movie with Big budget

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

"Monday Night Mayhem" is a film about the early days of Monday Night Football on ABC--with a particular emphasis on Howard Cosell. One thing I noticed early on in the film is the movie's use of labels for each of the people in the film--so you'd know who someone was and their job title. I REALLY liked this and actually wish more films did this. However, while it did a great job of getting this detail right, many other details were often omitted or were left dangling so you were left a bit confused--such as when Don Meredith left the network to go work for another--but then he STILL is in the rest of the movie doing Monday Night football. Another big example is a QUICK glimpse of Cosell's godawful flop of a show "Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell". You see him doing an episode but then hear NOTHING about it. And, for that matter, there are way too many montages--and I hate montages. Yet, despite the film's problems, there is still a lot to like. I appreciated how it tried to humanize Cosell and it did a good job in creating a nostalgic look. But, I also feel that it's a film younger folks wouldn't appreciate at all--as they have no idea who Meredith, Cosell and Keith Jackson are, nor would they appreciate what a phenomenon the show was in its day. Interesting but flawed.

This has got to be John Turturro's best role so far. He was actually believable as Cosell. It shows how Cosell made Monday Night football as much as everyone hated him. I remember some of those games and comments. He was always a guy full of surprise comments and an articulate verbal arsenal. They made Frank Gifford look really stupid in this movie. I also think they made a big mistake when they did not resign Cosell. They left out the famous speech between Cosell and Meredith. This is a must see for any Monday Night football fan. 8/10

I'm 35 years old and the Cosell years on Monday Night Football bring me back to an age when football was the most exciting thing in my life. Although John T. overplayed Cosell's character, this movie kept my interest throughout the length of the film. Maybe it's my age, but this movie brought back memories of the famous 'monkey incident', the O.J. years as well as many other exciting events of the Cosell Monday Night Football years. I would highly recommend this movie for anyone looking for a very interesting and well documented account of Monday Night Football and the infamous Cosell.

Although there are some scripting problems, this film is otherwise a very good watch. Overall, it was fun, and did a great job of bringing back the good feelings associated with life in the 70's.And John Heard is terrific.