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www.filmthreat.com - : The saving graces are actually the younger performances. Much as I make fun of his projects, that James Van Der Beek is one likable fella, and you can just wind up Caan and watch him go. All this movie really wants to be is another stupid teen movie, as the studios have relearned to do, and on those terms it succeeds. Sort of. more...
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2.5/
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Varsity Blues'' is not your average sports movie. It brings an outsider viewpoint to the material, which involves a West Texas high school quarterback who would rather win an academic scholarship than play football. The character, named Mox and played by James Van Der Beek of TV's ''Dawson's Creek,'' is a good kid--so good, at one point he asks himself why he's always being so good--and although the movie contains ''Animal House''-style gross-outs, it doesn't applaud them. more...
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2/4
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : Move aside, Dennis Hopper. Step down, Alan Rickman. I am now convinced that no one can match Jon Voight when it comes to playing a thoroughly detestable bad guy. With his calm, sinister demeanor and menacing facial expression, Voight has the ability to cause everyone in the movie theater to loathe his character. Viewers hiss when he comes on screen and cheer when he gets his comeuppance. His role as the amoral, egotistical Coach Bud Kilmer in Brian Robbins' Varsity Blues is such a part. more...
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2.5/
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