Nick Nolte,
Mary McDonnell,
J.T. Walsh,
Ed O'Neill,
Alfre Woodard
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Blue Chips examines greed, cheating, and "winning at all costs" in the world of college basketball. Nick Nolte plays the stressed-out coach on the verge of his first losing season, who hits the road i... read more
DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (359)
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August 15, 2009"Blue Chips" is one of my favorite basketball movies. I've seen it a few times and it still doesn't get old. A coach (Nick Nolte) that has always had a successful career as coach of Western University is facing the threat of his first ever losing season. He has to find a way to g... read more
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April 27, 2008Bob Cousy shooting free throws is reason enough for three stars. The other one is for Nick Nolte and Shaq.
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August 5, 2007I dislike Nick Nolte's character in this basketball game movie because of his face acting and plenty of coarse languages are terrible.
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October 23, 2007A garden-variety movie about a college basketball coach who lowers himself to using unethical methods to recruit new players.
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July 10, 2007Great movie for the basketball fan - One of my favorite Nolte performances. Nolte fans will want to catch this.
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May 25, 2007It's just worth it to see a young Shaq try to act. This was pre-Fu-Shnicken's. I think this might be Nick Nolte's last "straight" film. Now aday's he is bearded and looks like his mugshot. Or maybe his mugshot looks like him. Anyway, There are so many True Professional Athle... read more
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May 24, 2007What you get when you make real athletes, who are not actors, play major roles in a movie. Shaq and Penny ruin this movie.
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March 4, 2007Not a terrible attempt at portraying how college sports is the most corrupt, dirty business in America.
Critic Reviews
March 25, 2008
Todd McCarthy, Variety
March 25, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Not even an unsentimental basketball fan like director William Friedkin can wash away all the corn syrup. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times
If Mr. Friedkin didn't have to work so strenuously framing two-shots of Mr. Nolte with this seven-foot athlete, it might be hard to remember that Mr. O'Neal has a day job. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
The filmmakers don't get the ball into the Shaq-man's hands enough -- both literally and figuratively -- to make this personable giant's screen debut memorable. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, 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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
A rare example of an entry into this genre that attempts to be honest and unique. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What Friedkin brings to the story is a tone that feels completely accurate; the movie is a morality play, told in the realistic, sometimes cynical terms of modern high-pressure college sports. Full Review
March 25, 2008
Film4
Watching various hoop stars and legends trying to act is cringeworthy, O'Neal particularly bad, but Friedkin's movie, written by sports film specialist Shelton has a lot of passion. Full Review
March 25, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
A good concept fails to become a good movie in this predictable tale of corruption in college basketball. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Time Out
This hard-hitting college basketball drama marks a notable return to form for William Friedkin. Full Review
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