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Celtic Pride (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 23

Fresh: 2

Rotten:21

Average Rating: 3.1/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: There's good news and bad news for blue-collar Bostonians Mike and Jimmy. The good news is, their beloved Boston Celtics are in the NBA Finals. The bad news is, the Celts are playing the Utah Jazz... There's good news and bad news for blue-collar Bostonians Mike and Jimmy. The good news is, their beloved Boston Celtics are in the NBA Finals. The bad news is, the Celts are playing the Utah Jazz -- and their egotistical superstar player, Lewis Scott. On the eve of the climactic seventh game, Mike and Jimmy meet Lewis at a nightclub. One thing leads to another, and while drunk, the two Celtic fans kidnap Lewis. The next morning, the pair awaken to find Lewis bound and gagged in their apartment. They quickly realize what they've done -- but are also aware that the Utah Jazz will probably lose without Lewis. Will Mike and Jimmy keep Lewis hostage in a desperate attempt to help their team win? Or will they let Lewis go... and watch a Celtic victory go down the drain? [More]

Starring: Damon Wayans, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern, Gail O'Grady

Starring: Damon Wayans, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern, Gail O'Grady, Christopher McDonald, Adam Hendershott, Paul Guilfoyle, Scott Lawrence, Vladimir Cuk

Director: Tom De Cerchio

Director: Tom De Cerchio

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Sep 3, 2002

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  • Celtic Pride
  • Crowd-pleasing Hollywood stars score big-time laughs in this outrageous comedy about team spirit gone way out-of-bounds! Lewis Scott (Damon Wayans -- MAJOR PAYNE, TV's MY WIFE AND KIDS) is a stuck-up superstar who's about to lead his team to the NBA Championship. Jimmy (Dan Aykroyd -- EVOLUTION, GROSSE POINTE BLANK) and his buddy Mike (Daniel Stern -- HOME ALONE, CITY SLICKERS) are a pair of die-hard basketball fans who'd do anything to help their team win ... even if it means kidnapping Scott before the final game! But when Scott ends up being a tough competitor off the court, too, he hilariously turns the tables on his dim-witted captors and sends the fast-breaking fun into overtime!
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    Reviews for Celtic Pride

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    10/18/08
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    An uneven but largely likable basketball-themed comedy.

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    03/24/08
    Joe Leydon
    Variety
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    Celtic Pride supplies predictably lowbrow yocks for jocks, and its rather disturbing racial implications go entirely unacknowledged.

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    03/24/08
    TV Guide's Movie Guide
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    The outcome is deeply unsatisfying.

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    03/24/08
    Desson Thomson
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    No review available.

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    Philip Martin
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    Emanuel Levy
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    07/26/05
    Rebecca Murray
    About.com

    A desperately unfunny comedy, and what's worse is that the premise really COULD have been something solid!

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    04/03/05
    Scott Weinberg
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    03/08/05
    Jonathan R. Perry
    Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

    Dismal attempt at basketball comedy

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    06/29/04
    Daniel Eagan
    Film Journal International

    No review available.

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    05/07/04
    Thomas Delapa
    Boulder Weekly

    Kind of funny, especially for Celtic fans.

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    02/18/03
    Kevin Fiddler
    Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

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    02/07/03
    Jeffrey Westhoff
    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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    08/13/02
    Bob Grimm
    Las Vegas Mercury

    This is one film that won't appeal to either sports or comedy fans.

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    06/02/02
    Christopher Null
    Filmcritic.com

    This is a bad time for NBA fans in Boston. Just as their beloved Celtics are about to wrap up a dismal season, with nearly 50 losses and no berth in the playoffs, Hollywood comes out with a comedy about the Celtics that's even worse than the team.

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    02/14/01
    Jack Mathews
    Los Angeles Times
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    Celtic Pride isn't the worst sports comedy ever made, but it certainly could have been better.

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    01/01/00
    Chris Hicks
    Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    Not only is the picture woefully short on laughs, it's also coarse, overbearing and, in places, downright insulting.

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    Hal Hinson
    Washington Post
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    You don't even have to be a Celtics fan to appreciate it. In fact, considering who becomes the butt of the film's ultimate joke, perhaps it's best if you're not one.

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    James Berardinelli
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    Does De Cerchio have a future at Disney or what?

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    01/01/00
    Jeff Millar
    Houston Chronicle
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