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Eddie
The newest coach in the NBA has got the Knicks right where she wants them.
The newest coach in the NBA has got the Knicks right where she wants ...
Action, Comedy - 1996
5.2
17%
N/A
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
31 May 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$30,000,000
Revenue:
$31,387,164
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The next hour or so is filled with the Knicks committing turnovers, until a player tells Eddie they'll keep losing until she takes an interest in their personal lives. Wow!
– Bruce Walker,
Washington Post,
24 Mar 2008
fresh:
What saves the film from abomination is the basketball.
– Charlotte O'Sullivan,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
It's a fresh, funny, engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
This sounds like a sensational scenario, but, alas, almost everything in betweenis recycled out of lightweight sports-movie cliches, and the movie never captures the electricity and excitement of the real NBA.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
As long as the hoopsters mix it up with the Whoopster, it's fun. A second-string story keeps interrupting, though.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
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