The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #29 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 |
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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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