Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

tyshimah3 Eddie: Just about a pro team overcoming obstacles that many teams face in a season. Basketball is my favorite sport. Rick Fox is my favorite actor. So this is definitely one of my favorite movies. There are so many good "life" points in the movie. Whoppi Goldberg is great in this movie and it is filled with a lot of stars without the movie being egotistical and whatnot. It is just a feel good movie with a lot of funny bits. And I watch it because of Goldberg, Fox and Malik Sealy who was so good in this movie and who was killed a while after it was released. It will keep you laughing non-stop and the music is good as well. I hope this is helpful.

fedor8 Some people feel that this pitiful comedy is underrated and unjustly forgotten. Maybe they're just rabid Goldberg fans for whom she can do no cinematic wrong, or maybe they grew up locked away in various basements, being allowed only to watch bad French comedies."Eddie" is a movie totally lacking in comic timing. The direction is uninspired and sleep-inducing. The ridiculous premise could only be acceptable in a ZAZ-type movie, which this is very far from being; in fact, the story actually gets sentimental and serious as it goes along, asking the viewers to actually take the premise and these silly characters seriously. (You can't have your funny cake and eat its sentimentality, too... One of the most common mistakes made in U.S. comedies.) Some of the "gags" bomb so badly that they're frankly even embarrassing to watch - and that's the absolute LAST thing you want your audiences to feel. (First comes cringing, and then running out of the theater, or throwing the DVD out of the window like a useless, one-throw Frisbee...) Goldberg is more annoying than charismatic in her absurdly written role, but it's really the direction, as mentioned, and especially the script which are to blame for this mediocre mess. As much as I dislike the somewhat overrated Goldberg, even this dumb vehicle is beneath her talents.

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews I remember passing up many an opportunity to watch this film... I would catch commercials stating that it would air within days, I never made a point of watching it(in fact, I rather made one of missing it). Tonight, I saw it (as the famous line in Spaceballs goes) for the first time, for the last time. The movie is just not funny. I never laughed, smirked, heck, I didn't even smile. It wasn't charming, clever or even sporadically amusing. I'm generally not into movies about sports... but I have liked them. I didn't like this one. Didn't care for it a bit. Whoopi Goldberg has her moments, but they are few and far between... and none of them are in this flick. The plot is daft and poorly written. The acting is unimpressive. The characters are thin, clichéd stereotypes. The humor is simplistic and unfunny. The timing is off, more often than not. The sports scenes aren't particularly exciting or involving. The score is decent enough, with one or two great songs. All in all, the film is just not all that interesting... it might be decent entertainment for fans of basketball. But then again, the same could be said of Space Jam, and we all know the level of quality presented in that film... exactly. That film may actually be more entertaining, since it at least has one or two comedic talents(take that, Goldberg). I suggest you skip it, unless you *really* want to see a basketball flick. I recommend this to fans of basket and/or Whoopi Goldberg. Everyone else probably shouldn't bother. 5/10

tfrizzell The NBA's New York Knicks are caught in a record-breaking losing streak, attendance is way down and new owner Frank Langella has a plan to make a few quick bucks and then move the team away from the Big Apple by hatching a plan to get super-fan Whoopi Goldberg to coach the team. What follows is a minimally funny and heartwarming movie that stays above the water due to Goldberg's enthusiasm and the surprisingly good performances of real NBA stars who play different parts as her Knick players. John Salley, who just shines in front of the camera, Vanessa Williams' real-life husband Rick Fox, Greg Ostertag and Mark Jackson are real scene-stealers. However, it is the late Malik Sealy (tragically killed in a car wreck a couple of years ago while a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves) who out-does all his NBA co-stars with a somewhat deep and personal performance as a superstar who learns that teamwork is the true key to success. Worth a look, but just presentable. 2.5 out of 5 stars.