Blue Chips Reviews
June 24, 2006
This hard-hitting college basketball drama marks a notable return to form for William Friedkin.
May 26, 2006
[An] effective, if overlong basketball drama.
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| Original Score: 3/4
October 9, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
May 20, 2003
If 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.
Original Score: 3.5/5
January 20, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
July 29, 2002
Original Score: 3/5
July 25, 2002
Worth seeing for Nolte's force-of-nature performance and the novelty of Shaq "emoting."
Original Score: 3/5
January 1, 2000
A rare example of an entry into this genre that attempts to be honest and unique.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
The film is quite entertaining in its own right and Nolte does give it a tremendous boost.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
What 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.
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| Original Score: 3/4