Eddie (1996)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 33
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 28
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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 7
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In this comedy, a basketball fan figures she could be a better coach than the guy getting paid millions to do the job -- and then gets the chance to prove it. Edwina "Eddie" Franklin (Whoopi Goldberg) is a limousine dispatcher and sometime driver who is a passionate New York Knicks fan; she loyally follows their every move, attending as many home games as possible from the cheap seats and radioing game updates to her drivers when they play during her working hours. The Knicks are purchased by
May 31, 1996 Wide
Dec 7, 1999
Cast
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Whoopi Goldberg
Edwina "Eddie" Franklin -
Frank Langella
Wild Bill Burgess -
Dennis Farina
Coach Bailey -
Richard Jenkins
Carl Zimmerman -
Lisa Ann Walter
Claudine -
John Benjamin Hickey
Joe Nader -
Marvin H. Albert
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Chris Berman
Himself -
Troy Beyer
Beth Hastings -
Vlade Divac
Himself (Los Angeles La... -
Alex English
Himself (Cleveland Cava... -
Fabio
Himself -
J. Don Ferguson
Game Referee -
Edward I. Koch
Himself (Former New Yor... -
David Letterman
Himself (uncredited) -
Mick McGovern
Game Referree -
Albert Pisarenkov
Mischa -
Gene Anthony Ray
Dancer -
Rob Ryder
Himself (Cleveland Cava... -
John Salley
Nate Wilson -
Donald Trump
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Spud Webb
Himself (Atlanta Hawks) -
David Dwyer
Game Referree -
Brian Grant
Himself (Sacramento Kin... -
Eartha Robinson
Knicks choreographer -
Mark Jackson
Darren Taylor -
Johnny Williams
Big Al -
Larry Johnson
Himself (Charlotte Horn... -
Dale Davis
Himself (Indiana Pacers... -
Herb Williams
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All Critics (36) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (28) | DVD (1)
The next hour or so is filled with the Knicks committing turnovers, until a player tells Eddie they'll keep losing until she takes an interest in their personal lives. Wow!
Top CriticWhat saves the film from abomination is the basketball.
It's a fresh, funny, engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically.
This sounds like a sensational scenario, but, alas, almost everything in betweenis recycled out of lightweight sports-movie cliches, and the movie never captures the electricity and excitement of the real NBA.
As long as the hoopsters mix it up with the Whoopster, it's fun. A second-string story keeps interrupting, though.
Ms. Goldberg has everything it takes -- terrific lungs, endless wisecracks, that ear-to-ear grin -- to play the New York Knicks fan who is the star of this Cinderella story.
A blessedly obscure little movie that you won't be finding on Whoopi's career highlights reel.
The basketball stuff is, as expected, well choreographed and shot.
Whoopi Goldberg se esforça ao máximo para prender a atenção do espectador, mas o roteiro (escrito por seis pessoas!) anula suas tentativas com uma história previsível e repleta de clichês.
Whoopi Goldberg becomes the coach of the Knicks in this silly and utterly harmless sports comedy. Too bad it just isn't funny.
One of those Whoopi Goldberg movies that makes you wonder about her career sense
Basically moronic Whoopi basketball comedy.
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