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03/05/02
Varsity Blues (1998)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:20
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: This is a predictable football movie that lacks intensity.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jon "Mox" Moxon (James Van Der Beek, TV's DAWSON'S CREEK) is the second string quarterback of the Coyotes of West Canaan, Texas. When the star quarterback (Paul Walker) suffers a knee injury just... [More]
Starring: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester
Director: Brian Robbins
Reviews for Varsity Blues
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01/26/06
Top CriticCliches withstanding, Varsity Blues can be enjoyable if you check your brain at the popcorn stand.
01/01/00
Although the film takes a worthwhile detour or two, it ultimately finds its way back to the well-worn track of its genre.
01/01/00
Depicts just how difficult it is to stay true to yourself and your dreams when the call of celebrity comes knocking at your door.
03/03/02
While there are some undeniable false notes, there's also quite a bit on screen that works.
01/01/00
Anyone who misses the heyday of the afterschool special will certainly enjoy this banal tale of self-fulfillment, juiced up with enough alcohol and sleaze to earn an R rating.
01/01/00
Scenes work, but they don't pile up and build momentum.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe football action is rough, intricate and involving.
01/01/00
Captures the craziness of high school football!
01/01/00
Slickly enjoyable!
01/01/00
A paint-by-numbers story that offers no surprises and a hero and villain etched in white and black with few shades of gray.
01/01/00
Top CriticAn utterly formulaic teen sports, sex and suds potboiler!
01/01/00
Although there are signs of more intelligence lurking about, they're so obscured by the inane sophomoric material that few will recognize they even exist.
01/01/00
Hasn't an original bone in its rib-crushing body!
01/01/00
In addition to the fulfillment of endless high school male fantasies, it also recycles every football and sports movie cliché known to man
02/27/01
An unappetizing mix of raucously vulgar comedy and teen-angst melodrama.
01/01/00
Top Critic...someone could make a very interesting, nuanced film about the exalted place that high school football holds in some parts of Texas... this isn't that film.
01/29/05
Already a prime candidate for 1999's worst!
01/01/00
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