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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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Easy-going, safe and stale.

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

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
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Silly, tiresome stuff.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

It's a dull, stale affair with suspenseless game sequences, humorless jokes, and pathetic drama.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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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.

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01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Even cameos from such NYC luminaries as Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Sirajul & Mujibar, and appearances from NBA legends Walt Frazier, Rodman, the Spurs, Kings, and Pacers can't save this foul dog. And no Billy Barty, to boot.

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01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

As long as the hoopsters mix it up with the Whoopster, it's fun. A second-string story keeps interrupting, though.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Avoid.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
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Oz
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A wretched roundball comedy.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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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.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

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.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's a movie that makes you feel cheated and offended, because someone came up with a poster and a marketing plan to which they had to attach an actual movie, and you had the nerve to believe it was going to be a comedy.

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Susan Stark
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