A deafness-inducing but otherwise ho-hum would-be expose of shady recruiting practices by college basketball programs.
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03/25/08
Blue Chips (1994)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:3
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.6/10
Runtime: 18 hrs 28 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In the wide world of sports, college athletics is a high-powered game unto itself, plagued by political corruption, financial coercion and academic dishonesty. Such are the issues confronting... [More]
Starring: Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell, Ed O'Neill
Director: William Friedkin
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Reviews for Blue Chips
1 - 7 (sorted by date)
Top CriticNot even an unsentimental basketball fan like director William Friedkin can wash away all the corn syrup.
03/25/08
Top CriticIf Mr. Friedkin didn't have to work so strenuously framing two-shots of Mr. Nolte with this seven-foot athlete, it might be hard to remember that Mr. O'Neal has a day job.
05/20/03
Top CriticIf it wasn't for some exciting roundball action, Shaquille O'Neal's hulking-dunking presence and a wonderfully guttural performance from coach Nick Nolte, you'd slither off the bench asleep.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe filmmakers don't get the ball into the Shaq-man's hands enough -- both literally and figuratively -- to make this personable giant's screen debut memorable.
01/01/00
Top CriticA rare example of an entry into this genre that attempts to be honest and unique.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhat Friedkin brings to the story is a tone that feels completely accurate; the movie is a morality play, told in the realistic, sometimes cynical terms of modern high-pressure college sports.
01/01/00
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