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05/11/01
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
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
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Top CriticVan Der Beek's understated performance and Caan's hotdogging are refreshing enough to raise Varsity Blues above its clichés.
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The football action is rough, intricate and involving.
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I was never exactly bored while I was watching it, but I hasten to add that I was rarely ever entertained.
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An utterly formulaic teen sports, sex and suds potboiler!
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cheap zirconium garbage
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Hasn't an original bone in its rib-crushing body!
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Captures the craziness of high school football!
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Although the film takes a worthwhile detour or two, it ultimately finds its way back to the well-worn track of its genre.
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a better picture than you might expect, given that it was produced by MTV Pictures (who created last year's debacle 'Dead Man On Campus') and directed by Brian Robbins, the man who previously brought 'Good Burger' to the screen.
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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.
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