Varsity Blues

(1999)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 483 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 1999

Runtime: 106 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Brian Robbins

Cast: Джеймс Ван Дер Бик, Эми Смарт, Джон Войт, Пол Уокер, Рон Лестер, Скотт Каан, Эли Лартер, Ричард Лайнбэк, Tiffany C. Love, Eliel Swinton

Plot

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.

In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 30th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his West Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them.