The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #29 Blue Chips

 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
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