Description:In the town of West Canaan, Texas, football is a way of life but for Jonathan "Mox" Moxon(James Van Der Beek), he has just about enough of it. Pressured by his father to play since childhood, Mox has barely ever seen some football action being a second string quarterback. But after the first string quarterback Lance Harbor(PIn the town of West Canaan, Texas, football is a way of life but for Jonathan "Mox" Moxon(James Van Der Beek), he has just about enough of it. Pressured by his father to play since childhood, Mox has barely ever seen some football action being a second string quarterback. But after the first string quarterback Lance Harbor(Paul Walker), is seriously injured, Mox is brought in to finish the season and win Coach Bud Kilmer's(Jon Voight) district championship. Mox begins to realize the toughness and hardship of being a starter, but with tough things comes rewards and to Mox's suprise he finds out that him being starter brings more than he can handle, like popularity, women, etc.
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I decided to watch another football movie and chose Varsity Blues. It has been several years since I last saw it, which turned out to be a good thing because it was like watching it again for the first time. I really enjoyed all of it, especially the comic relief from characters Billy Bob (Ron Lester) and Tweeter (Scott Caan). The football sequences were really fun to watch and helped to tell a very entertaining story."
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#8 - Varsity Blues
VARSITY BLUES is one of those late-90s MTV movies that is cut like a music video and falls under the weight of too many cliches: the brutal coach, the smart teen who doesn't want to play, the player using steroids, the father who cannot see his son's true passion, the cheerleader vs the brainy girl, and the jock who needs a ticket to college. But, director Brian Robbins pre-dated the much superior FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by 5 years, telling a strikingly similar story. In th"
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