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Eddie

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Chauffeur Edwina "Eddie" Franklin (Whoopi Goldberg) is fanatical about the New York Knicks basketball team. After she wins a contest to be their honorary assistant coach, Eddie so impresses the team's owner (Frank Langella) that he fires the head coach, John Bailey (Dennis Farina), and replaces him with Eddie. She is instrumental in turning the floundering team around, just in time to make the playoffs. There, they will face the Charlotte Hornets -- now led by former Knicks coach Bailey.
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Critics Consensus

Whoopi Goldberg may demonstrate that she can coach a basketball team with the best of them, but not even she can whip this dreary script into shape.

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Bruce Walker Washington Post 03/24/2008
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! Go to Full Review Charlotte O'Sullivan Time Out 01/26/2006
What saves the film from abomination is the basketball. Go to Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 06/18/2002
3/4
It's a fresh, funny, engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 02/17/2023
1.5/4
Whoopi's character takes the team to the verge of the playoffs thanks to her brilliant motivational talks (“Who the hell do you guys think you are?”) and ingenious sideline coaching (“Defense!”). Go to Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life 05/31/2022
Is it my imagination or is Whoopi the same in every role she's ever had? Go to Full Review Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 01/05/2022
Eddie is improbable and stupid... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D 02/14/2023 Whoopi is good but the rest sure isn't, especially the script. See more 06/24/2021 It's a movie that without Whoopi would suck but she is there and enough to save the movie to be just an ok mix. If you want to see it, go ahead but it's better as just a rent than a buy. See more 04/09/2020 Great movie funny and different.. See more 06/19/2016 A die hard Knicks fan becomes head coach in this familiar and cliche comedy that ultimately wastes the talents of its lead star, Whoopi Goldberg. See more 07/05/2014 Whoopi Goldberg plays an awesome coach! See more 07/03/2014 Goldberg's typically favorable with her moments, but less than her attempts to be funny when she's the only comedic quality in this unfunny sports comedy. She'd followed a good concept of a seated-far-away fan-turned-coach of her favorite team becomes more than she acknowledges. The other concept of a weak team is similar (excluding the powerless team in "Space Jam"), next to the similarly somewhat semi-"The Best of Times" silliness. (B-) See more Read all reviews
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Steve Rash

Director

Whoopi Goldberg

Edwina "Eddie" Franklin

Frank Langella

Wild Bill Burgess

Dennis Farina

Coach John Bailey

Richard Jenkins

Carl Zimmer

Lisa Ann Walter

Claudine

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Movie Info

Synopsis Chauffeur Edwina "Eddie" Franklin (Whoopi Goldberg) is fanatical about the New York Knicks basketball team. After she wins a contest to be their honorary assistant coach, Eddie so impresses the team's owner (Frank Langella) that he fires the head coach, John Bailey (Dennis Farina), and replaces him with Eddie. She is instrumental in turning the floundering team around, just in time to make the playoffs. There, they will face the Charlotte Hornets -- now led by former Knicks coach Bailey.
Director
Steve Rash
Producer
Mark Burg, David Permut
Screenwriter
Jon Connolly, David Loucka, Eric Champnella, Keith Mitchell, Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai
Production Co
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Island Pictures, Permut Presentations, Hollywood Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 1, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.4M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo