Varsity Blues

1999
R
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

50K

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Football Teen Drama Comedy Drama Romance Sport

A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

50K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,727

559

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations

Trivia
Paul Walker broke his leg during filming.

Goofs
The last game in the movie was for the district championship. After the game, as Mox recalls events, says he never played football again. Since they won the district championship game, they would have played further in the state playoffs the following week.

Quotes
Charlie Tweeder: Will you listen to me? Bitches are all just panty droppers. You understand? That's it.
Mox: What?
Charlie Tweeder: Listen. You give 'em a Percocet, two Vicodin and a couple of beers, and the panties drop. It's very nice.
Mox: [laughing]
Charlie Tweeder: [emphatically] It's nice.
Mox: Tweeder, you think you'll enjoy prison?
Charlie Tweeder: [not paying attention] I don't know.
Charlie Tweeder: [looks into his jockstrap] The fuck is that?

Alternate versions
A cut version rated PG was released in Singapore.

Connections
Edited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)

Soundtracks
Walkin' the Line
by Wynn Varble, Shawn Camp and Randy Hardison
Performed by Shawn Camp

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Featured review

7/10

Surprisingly good

Voight helps guide this ship and the young cast are surprisingly up to the challenge of being in his presence. The film is a little mixed early on as it flirts with teenage humour, but it course corrects later. The film is better when it deals with the competitive nature of sport in small towns. The final third of this movie is the best part and saves an odd film narrative from being completely overshadowed by teenage cheap humour.