David Letterman, Dennis Farina, Dennis Rodman

Manhattan limousine driver Edwina Eddie Franklin lives and breathes basketball. Her world revolves around Madison Square Garden, home of her beloved, albeit in last place, New York Knicks. She knows a...( read more  read more... )ll there is to know about the team. She knows the players. She knows the coaches. She knows every statistic in the book. But what she never could have imagined is that hitting a free throw during a half-time contest would completely change her life. After a one game stint as the team's honorary coach, Eddie is offered the real head coaching post as part of a publicity stunt engineered by the new Knicks owner, Wild Bill Burgess, a high-profile businessman who would rather sell the sizzle than the steak and who sees, in Eddie, a headline-grabbing way to get people into the seats. What he doesn't see is a genuine motivator who can touch, teach and win.

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21,750 ratings

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Steve Rash

Release Date: May 31, 1996

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DVD Release Date: December 7, 1999

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  • January 22, 2007
    i usually dont care for whoopi, but this flick was aight
  • December 3, 2006
    very funny flick
  • September 23, 2009
    yep she can do just about any role and make it work...
  • August 28, 2009
    A Pretty good Sports-Comedy. I enjoyed it alot. Not too funny, Not to unfunny.
    The Knciks as actually portrayed, are losing in the NBA, and Whoopie Goldberg Fanatic Knick's Fan, Gets to coach the Knicks, and Might actually get them into the playoffs.
  • June 23, 2009
    one of her worst movies-what happened girl?
  • June 8, 2009
    Whoopi Goldberg is brilliant as usual. Even if the movie is a bit silly its great fun!!
  • June 7, 2009
    wow ummn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that david letterman, dennis farina, dennis rodman, donald trump, fabio, frank langella, greg ostertag, edward I koch...( read more), dwayne schinitzius play good roles/parts throughout this movie...i think that the director of this sports/drama/comedy/romance movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie..its a good drama movie 2 watch n its a enjoyable movie 2 watch
  • March 30, 2009
    funny good movie. i haven't seen it in years though so i can't remember if its clean or not.....i think it is.
  • March 13, 2009
    Whoopi pasa de fanática a entrenadora y si que lo logra, al igual que sobrellevar la peli
  • February 9, 2009
    this movie was such a flop

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  • tdwendt7
    February 11, 2007
    Whoopi is one of my favorite actresses and let me tell you when she kicks things into gear in this movie it gives me pleasure to actually like a basket ball show. This is by far one of my utmost favorite movies!!!!!!

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