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The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #29 Blue Chips

 The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #29 Blue Chips
Blue Chips

One of the few I knew I needed to watch prior to the idea of making a basketball list. I knew Shaq was in it and not much else. I'm much more kind to it than the rating numbers would suggest. Nick Nolte does a pretty great job here as a coach trying to recruit players by offering them non NCAA legal sign-on bonuses. Most of the movie is him trying to get the players, then his conscience gets the better of him before we get an ending of  Nolte helping kids at a park and positive layover after giving the wildest press conference of all time. Al Bundy is here as a reporter but doesn't do much. Mary McDonnell whom I know only from Sneakers plays his ex-wife, she has charisma, but she doesn't do much either than give him someone to rationalize his thoughts to instead of the movie having a voice over head monologue. J.T. Walsh whom I only know as Lt. Col. Matthew Andrew Markinson from A Few Good Men, plays the antagonist alumni. Our third(?) Cylk Cozart appearance here, I already lost count. Other real basketball names show up like Bob Cousy, Penny Hardaway, Bobby Knight and Rick Pitino. I could see myself re-watching this one, which maybe the first serious movie on this list so far I would say that about. The Air Up There would be close, but I think I would pick this for a re-watch first despite me ranking it 3 spots lower.

Movie Rotten Tom Rotten Tom Aud IMDB   Internet Rank My Rank
29. Blue Chips 37 51 6.2 33 23
30. Amateur 60 66 5.9 24 32
31. The Air Up There 21 35 5.5 38 20
32. Space Jam 43 63 6.5 27 31
33. Semi-Pro 22 38 5.8 36 24
34. Heaven Is a Playground 50 84 5.8 21 39
35. Hurricane Season 50 69 6.5 23 38
36. Teen Wolf 42 52 6.1 34 34
37. Boogie 42 57 5.2 35 36
38. Rebound 14 38 5.1 40 33
39. Slam Dunk Ernest 50 31 4.5 37 37
40. Eddie 17 36 5.2 39 40

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