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The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #25. "O"

 The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #25. "O"
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It skirts the line of, is this a basketball movie, is it a Shakespeare movie, or is it a 90s trapped in a bottle project. Another 10 Things I Hate About You type modern Shakespeare movie (even stars both Julia Stiles and Andrew Keegan), except it's much, much darker and has more basketball than comedy. I did not know much about Othello prior to this movie and I found myself looking up the story before the movie was over. The movie/play is mostly a theme of jealousy. So many 90s stars.. Josh Hartnett is trying to sabotage the relationship between Mekhi Phifer and Julia Stiles. Phifer is the all star basketball player on the team, which is another jealous conflict between Odin and Hugo. Hartnett plays every other character he has ever played and played it cool with Phifer all the way to the very ending. Elden Henson from Mighty Ducks and Daredevil helps him with the task. Martin Sheen is here for some reason (in a good way) as Hartnett's father/coach. John Heard (the dad from Home Alone) plays the dean. Tim Blake Nelson is the director. It certainly zipped along, never felt boring at all. There wasn't a ton of basketball. I would recommend to someone a fan of the "modern" 10 Things, Romeo, Hamlet.. or fans of Hartnett will see him do his thing here. Just don't expect a happy ending. Highest Rotten Tomatoes score so far. #25 matches exactly where I would put it. Wouldn't have watched it ever if I had stuck to 15/20 movie list.

Movie Rotten Tom Rotten Tom Aud IMDB   Internet Rank My Rank
25. "O" 64 58 6.1 22 25
26. Forget Paris 48 56 6.5 29 19
27. Sunset Park 13 83 5.9 31 21
28. Game Day 50 82 5.4 25 30
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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