Varsity Blues

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$52.9M

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.

🏆 2 wins & 5 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director

Brian Robbins

Cast

James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker

Released

15 January 1999

Runtime

1h 46m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.6 / 10

Votes

53,048

Metascore

50

Rotten Tomatoes

47%

Box office

$52,894,169

Edition

Base