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Eddie

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Eddie (1996)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:5

Rotten:27

Average Rating:3.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Wisecracking Eddie is probably the New York Knicks' biggest fan -- and she's got the mouth to prove it. She's always at the home games, jeering the lowly team's head coach. One night, Eddie... Wisecracking Eddie is probably the New York Knicks' biggest fan -- and she's got the mouth to prove it. She's always at the home games, jeering the lowly team's head coach. One night, Eddie wins a contest and is named the team's honorary coach. This leads to bigger and better things, for after the team's owner fires Coach Bailey, he gives the job to Eddie, to her shock and delight. Having no coaching experience, Eddie sets out to earn the respect of her players and transform them into winners. Does she have enough gumption, skill and luck to make her dreams come true? [More]

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins, Lisa Ann Walter, John Benjamin Hickey, Troy Beyer

Director: Steve Rash

Director: Steve Rash

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What saves the film from abomination is the basketball.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Time Out

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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It's a fresh, funny, engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/18/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Eddie certainly would have been a mess without Goldberg to add an unexpected feminine view. It probably would have been a failure, too because she's the only thing drawing women to this sports picture.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The basketball stuff is, as expected, well choreographed and shot.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Easy-going, safe and stale.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Empire Magazine

A blessedly obscure little movie that you won't be finding on Whoopi's career highlights reel.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/24/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

There's no doubt she's funny, but she could be so much more.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

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!

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03/24/08
Bruce Walker
Bruce Walker
Washington Post

No review available.

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05/14/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Whoopi Goldberg becomes the coach of the Knicks in this silly and utterly harmless sports comedy. Too bad it just isn't funny.

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11/18/02
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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12/06/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

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08/14/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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It's a dull, stale affair with suspenseless game sequences, humorless jokes, and pathetic drama.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

If the people responsible for Eddie were trying to make a statement about greed in professional sports with this laughless comedy, they didn't just miss the shot -- they missed the rim, net and backboard completely.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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02/16/06
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

One of those Whoopi Goldberg movies that makes you wonder about her career sense

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08/21/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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