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Blue Chips

1994

William Friedkin

Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill ...

5.5

2,284

Drama Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team aren't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by other teams. This practise is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.

	Media	Author	Review
		Desson Howe The Washington Post	"If it wasn't for some exciting roundball action, Shaquille O'Neal's hulking-dunking presence and a wonderfully guttural performance from coach Nick Nolte, you'd slither off the bench asleep."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Nolte] makes an immensely likable character right from the top (...) What Friedkin brings to the story is a tone that feels completely accurate (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"[It] provides an overdose of stimulation that is more numbing than exciting. But the main problem is that the film (...) offers audiences no rooting interest, no way to cozy up to any of the characters."
		Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times	"'Blue Chips' should be better than it is (...) But in flashes it makes you realize why you like sports--and sports movies--in the first place."
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Nolte's heartfelt performance lets us see that Pete is fighting for an ideal (...) [Friedkin] gives the basketball sequences a kinetic spontaneity."

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