Varsity Blues Movie Review 1998

After star quarterback Lance (Walker) goes down with an injury, backup Mox (Van Der Beek) learns the perks of stardom in a small Texas town obsessed with high school football. It's not all free six-packs and groupies in whipped cream bikinis, however. He butts heads with blood-and-guts Coach Kilmer (Voight), whose win-at-all-costs philosophy is injuring his players. Mox leads the players in a rebellion against the coach, leaving the usual doubts about the inevitable "big game." The young cast does an admirable job lifting the material above the average jock flick, but it lurches into the gutter a little too often for some tastes.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sports Dramas, Team Efforts, Teen Angst, Cheerleaders, Comedy Drama, High School, Football, Texas

Screenplay

W. Peter Iliff

Cast

James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback, Amy Smart, Thomas F. Duffy, Tony Perenski, Tiffany C. Love, Eliel Swinton, Jill Parker Jones, Joe Pichler, Ali Larter

Cinematography

Charles Cohen

Director

Brian Robbins

Music

Mark Isham

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1999: Breakthrough Perf. (Van Der Beek).