Eddie

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Eddie

PG-13

1996

1h 40m

Comedy

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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.

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

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!

Mar 24, 2008

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

Time Out

What saves the film from abomination is the basketball.

Jan 26, 2006

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

It's a fresh, funny, engaging picture that sets up an arresting situation and then follows through on it realistically.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 18, 2002

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

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!”).

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 17, 2023

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Sheila Reid

Women in the Life

Is it my imagination or is Whoopi the same in every role she's ever had?

May 31, 2022

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Eddie is improbable and stupid...

Jan 5, 2022

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Steve D

Whoopi is good but the rest sure isn't, especially the script.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Great movie funny and different..

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Whoopi Goldberg plays an awesome coach!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

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-)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Steve Rash

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Whoopi Goldberg

Edwina "Eddie" Franklin

Frank Langella

Wild Bill Burgess

Dennis Farina

Coach John Bailey

Richard Jenkins

Carl Zimmer

Lisa Ann Walter

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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, Permut Presentations, Island Pictures, 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