Varsity Blues
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6.7
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings
- Starring: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight
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Summary:
In West Texas, where high school football is life, two quarterbacks compete for attention from their fans, their family and their coach.
- Director: Brian Robbins
- Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 20
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Mixed: 13 out of 20
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Negative: 2 out of 20
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75The movie is also brisk and wholehearted and smarter than you expect.
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60It is an ostensibly serious story about being young and struggling to wrest control over one's life from the hands of fools, yet it doesn't behave like a serious drama that wants to lead us anywhere.
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60Director Brian Robbins ("Good Burger") and screenwriter W. Peter Iliff ("Prayer of the Rollerboys") have wrapped their moral fable in a glossy package of hard football action and towel-slapping, hard-body fun that might seem exciting if you've never seen a movie before.
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25The story is mildly entertaining in its hackneyed way, but there's no excusing the picture's exploitative treatment of almost all the female characters.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
