What saves the film from abomination is the basketball.
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01/26/06
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... [More]
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins
Director: Steve Rash
Reviews for Eddie
Top CriticEasy-going, safe and stale.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a dull, stale affair with suspenseless game sequences, humorless jokes, and pathetic drama.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
The basketball stuff is, as expected, well choreographed and shot.
04/09/05
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticA wretched roundball comedy.
01/01/00
It's a fresh, funny, engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically.
06/18/02
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhoopi Goldberg becomes the coach of the Knicks in this silly and utterly harmless sports comedy. Too bad it just isn't funny.
11/18/02
Avoid.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
There's no doubt she's funny, but she could be so much more.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
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!
03/24/08
A blessedly obscure little movie that you won't be finding on Whoopi's career highlights reel.
03/24/08
Top CriticSilly, tiresome stuff.
01/01/00
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