So I saw this movie last night, and, for the record, I would never have seen it if it wasn't a Philadelphia story. I love Philadelphia, and I watched my first full length football game when the Eagles made the Superbowl. . . but, in general, I do not care for football.

This movie was a lot better than I thought it would be, considering Disney made it. I have only two major complaints. First of all, a lot of the movie took place in a South Philly bar, and there was no smoke to be seen anywhere. I understand Disney does not want to promote smoking in a PG movie, but come on, that is totally unrealistic. There is a way to include realistic smoking in an unglamorous way — this just seemed too sanitized. They didn't mind showing all that drinking, after all. My other complaint is the complete lack of accurate Philly accents in the movie. The Philadelphia accent is a tricky hybrid of New York, Midwest and a teeny bit of the South. But anyone who's been here for a little bit knows it's not hard to imitate. Most obviously, the Philadelphia "o" in words like "home" or "phone" generally sounds kind of like an "ew" sound, as in "hoewme." Right in the beginning of the movie, Marky Mark turns refers to his friend Tommy as "Tawmy" and I'm sorry, Boston, but we don't do that here. The only time I hear Philadelphians put an "aw" in place of an "o" is in the word "on" which generally rhymes with "dawn" instead of "don." I did hear someone say "youse" (as in "youse guys") in the film once, and I appreciate that minor effort, but if this movie took place in another city with a regional accent, I bet they'd make more pains to get it right.

All in all, if you don't care about Philadelphia or football, don't see this movie. If you care about football and historical accuracy, don't see this movie. I'm told the football stuff is innacurate, but what do I know?