Product Details

• Actors: Damon Wayans, Daniel Stern, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Christopher McDonald
• Directors: Tom DeCerchio
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000068MBT
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,402 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Crowd-pleasing Hollywood stars score big-time laughs in this outrageous comedy about team spirit gone way out-of-bounds! Lewis Scott (Damon Wayans -- MAJOR PAYNE, TV's MY WIFE AND KIDS) is a stuck-up superstar who's about to lead his team to the NBA Championship. Jimmy (Dan Aykroyd -- EVOLUTION, GROSSE POINTE BLANK) and his buddy Mike (Daniel Stern -- HOME ALONE, CITY SLICKERS) are a pair of die-hard basketball fans who'd do anything to help their team win ... even if it means kidnapping Scott before the final game! But when Scott ends up being a tough competitor off the court, too, he hilariously turns the tables on his dim-witted captors and sends the fast-breaking fun into overtime!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Enjoyable Basketball Flick, April 4, 2004

By	Scott FS (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Hmmm. I don't understand the negative reviews of this film. I thought it was funny and good entertainment. I give it three and one-half stars, especially if one loves sports.

The Utah Jazz meet the Boston Celtics in the final two games of a fictitious NBA championship series. Two Celtics fans who live and die with their beloved team are at the game, and get a bit more involved in the outcome of the series than most fans would, that's for sure. I laughed out loud a number of times watching this film, and that's how I judge a comedy.

I guess some of the reviewers who didn't like the film were disappointed that the film wasn't a documentary or something. Ya know, the basketball isn't real, guys! It's a movie, with actors and extras and probably semi-pro players doing the action scenes. (To be honest, the action was pretty good, in my opinion.)

The plot has been related a number of times below, so I'll just add a few observations.

Aykyrod (Jimmy Flahety) is as deadpan, goofy and funny as ever, on a par with his best. Stern (Mike O'Hara) is his equal in comedy. And Wayans (Lewis Scott) gets the superstar disdain for the fans just about perfect.

I really identified with the fan-tastical devotion to the Celtics since I'm a superstitious sports fan of the same ilk as Jimmy and Mike. They have great seats near the court, but switch seats depending upon when the game is played. If their team starts losing, they'll switch back to try to change the Celtic's luck. They'll ask their neighbors in the stands to do the same. Or even everybody in their section of seats. It's a mark of their devotion to the team. Oh, by the way, they have heckling down cold with some hilarious and dead-on insults so much so that they even rattle the Utah Jazz coach into almost rushing them in the stands.

Jimmy and Mike's efforts as 'sixth men' are, well, unconventional. And, as could be expected, the plan doesn't quite turn out they way they envisioned. It's light and funny throughout the film.

Recommended, especially for anyone who is more than a casual fan of the game.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny!!, August 7, 2002

By	Stephen J. Clever "goyard4x" (Costa Mesa, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie is hilarious! Sure the basketball scenes are less than accurate or real, but this is Hollywood not the NBA, I found the jokes and the chemistry between Daniel Stern, Dan Akroyd and Damon Wayons way funny and the ending is good as well. Taken for what it is I highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Price, Great Movie, May 10, 2009

By	Favio "Mike" - See all my reviews

Movie came and was great. Celtic pride is a must have for any sports fan! Hilarius!