Varsity Blues (1999)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 105 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Brian Robbins
Stars: James Van Der Beek, Paul Walker and Jon Voight
IMDb score:
6,6 (53.185)
Releasedate: 15 January 1999
Varsity Blues plot
"It takes a hero to know what's worth winning."
Johathan 'Mox' Moxon is the reserve quarterback for the West Canaan Coyotes. The coach is Bud Kilmer, who has won twenty-two district championships in thirty years. Kilmer is confident that this year will bring the twenty-third victory. To make that happen, Kilmer goes to extremes, seriously injuring his regular quarterback. Mox can now take his place and suddenly gets the chance to become the star of the team.
Actors and actresses
Jonathan 'Mox' Moxon
Jules Harbor
Coach Bud Kilmer
Lance Harbor
Billy Bob
Charlie Tweeder
Darcy Sears
Joe Harbor
Sam Moxon
Kyle Moxon
Reviews & comments
IH88
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- 9761 messages
- 3190 votes
“Never show weakness, the only pain that matters is the pain you inflict.”
High school football is practically a religion in some parts of America. Varsity Blues demonstrates that this phenomenon can have more than just positive consequences. A tough coach, overly fanatical parents, playing too long through injuries, and boys who are adored after a win, but are just as easily shunned or forgotten after a loss or injury.
Varsity Blues doesn't go very deep, but it does showcase all these aspects. The cast includes many familiar faces, with Voight (as a tough coach) and Van Der Beek excelling. Lester and Caan provide humorous sidekicks, and Smart offers a compelling love interest. We saw the impact football can have on such a community in the excellent television series Friday Night Lights, and Varsity Blues also captures this effectively. The positive aspects, as well as the many negatives.
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11127 votes
A decent film in which a quarterback successfully fills in for his injured teammate. A fairly typical high school American football movie with rather predictable characters. The storyline is a bit slow to get going and there's not much substance to it. But it certainly doesn't get boring. A great, rock-oriented soundtrack, and the cast makes the most of it. A small 3.0 stars.
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tukkerstein
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- 2220 messages
- 3478 votes
A cheesy, cheesy MTV movie. It couldn't be more American. A town with a Main Street, American football, high school parties with drinking games, and so on. Thankfully, it's not prudish, as you sometimes see in the genre. James van der Beek is quite goofy. Entertaining!
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