Blue Chips Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 10762

Average Rating: 2.4/4

# of Ratings: 43

Theatrical Release Date: 02/18/1994

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Sport

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: William Friedkin

Actors: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill, Alfre Woodard, Shaquille O'Neal

Plot: An honest college basketball coach must turn to the dark practice of recruiting star athletes with boosters' money in order to keep his team competitive under increasing pressure. -- Chris Kavan

Indyfreak - wrote on 07/11/2022

Sports drama of a morally conflicted basketball coach trying to assemble a winning team but ashamed of the shady tactics he must resort to. Nick Nolte carries a lot of the movie whether he be shouting profanity at referees or in his quieter moments with Mary McDonnell. J.T. Walsh shows up as a slippery adversary of Nolte. Shaquille O'Neal might had done bad in later movies but he's fine here.

Daniel Corleone - wrote on 08/23/2011

This could have been better if the characters were likable, had a better screenplay and if the white boy who could shoot was featured more. Loved the performance of Nick Nolte, who is a natural screamer (much like Pacino in his films like Any Given Sunday, Dog Day Afternoon, The Insider, etc.). If this were a comedy maybe it could have been well received. Still, the basketball scenes are nostalgic and fun to watch.

sapien - wrote on 12/11/2009

This is a decent movie. And it's, by far and away, the Shaq Attack's best movie.

TheWolf
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Decent Basketball movie

TheWolf - wrote on 08/03/2007

Nick Nolte stars as Pete Bell the coach of the Western Dolphins college basketball team. A former national champion he's just suffered his first losing season. Determined to change this he and his staff immediately go after top prospects Butch McRae (Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway), Ricky Roe (Matt Nover), and Neon (Shaquille O'Neal), a powerhouse of a player who never had aspirations of going to college. However, getting them to sign proves to be a wary task because the only way to get all three is with money and expensive gifts, an illegal form of cheating in the collegiate ranks.
"Blue Chips" is the kind of sports movie where an interest in basketball is recommended to fully enjoy. It can be interesting to see the strategies employed in winning a game, but it's even more interesting to …