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1998 Certificate 15
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Surprise hit high school football saga from MTV Pictures starring James ("Dawson") Van Der Beek as a star player and Jon Voight as his brutally gruff coach. While the coaches and everyone else believe they know what is right for the young star, he has other ideas. Read more

Starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester
Director Brian Robbins, Peter O'Brian
Genres Comedy, Drama, Teen

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Varsity Blues

Surprise hit high school football saga from MTV Pictures starring James ("Dawson") Van Der Beek as a star player and Jon Voight as his brutally gruff coach. While the coaches and everyone else believe they know what is right for the young star, he has other ideas.

Starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback, Amy Smart, Tiffany C. Love, Eliel Swinton, Thomas F. Duffy, Matthew Modine, Saul Rubinek, Alan Bates, Joe Cobden, Deborah Kara Unger, Jennifer Tilly
Director Brian Robbins, Peter O'Brian
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy, Drama, Teen
Language DVD: English
Dubbed Czech, German, Hungarian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 04 Sep 2000
Production year: 1998
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    In this teen drama, Dawson's Creek alumnus James Van Der Beek plays the high-school football player who challenges the authority of his control-freak coach (Jon Voight, giving another hilariously over-the-top performance) when he becomes the team's star quarterback. This is basically a 1990s throwback to 1980s sports movies such as Youngblood and All the Right Moves, with the usual mix of sports action, drinking and girls (the guys discover one of their teachers is a stripper), and the odd moral tale thrown in. It's predictable stuff and British viewers may find the American football sequences impenetrable, but fans of Van Der Beek will be in heaven.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Tiresome teenage drama of small-town worship of athletes that looks merely quaint to audiences not involved in such rituals.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Bit Cheesy....but hey thats america for you!

    Personally i liked this film, but I'm a huge American football fan and i think you need at least a small interest in the sport to enjoy this film. wicked performance from Jon Voight, plays the self centered coach brilliantly.

    The film shows small town views on local sport, and how much pressure this puts on the barely 18 year olds to win championships, along with the pressure from their coach.

    James Van Der Beek plays his role as step in-to-starting quaterback surprisingly well.

    It all ends a bit cheesy, but its american! C'mon, what did you expect?!

    Anyway, a definate must see for a football fan ****

      • Robert Simpson from Suffolk, England
      • Posted 09 Feb 2004 16:34

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  • Rated - 3 stars

    This film managed to hold the attention all the way through and was entertaining enough. Some sections dragged a little and of course the american football movie has a predicable outcome.I think it was better than I expected though and it deserves its three stars.

      • Sian#12 from LONDON
      • Posted 23 May 2004 11:06

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