Celtic Pride

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Celtic Pride

PG-13

1996

1h 30m

Comedy

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Mike (Daniel Stern) and Jimmy (Dan Aykroyd) are disconsolate after watching their favorite team, the Boston Celtics, lose a game in the NBA finals. They hatch a far-fetched scheme to sabotage Lewis Scott (Damon Wayans), the star of the opposing team, who is known for his love of nightlife, by getting him very drunk -- and thus too hungover to perform in the next game. After the two inadvertently kidnap the player instead, they dither about whether to release their captive.

Joe Leydon

Variety

03/24/2008

An uneven but largely likable basketball-themed comedy.

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

03/24/2008

The outcome is deeply unsatisfying.

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Jack Mathews

Los Angeles Times

02/14/2001

1/5

This is a bad time for NBA fans in Boston. Just as their beloved Celtics are about to wrap up a dismal season, with nearly 50 losses and no berth in the playoffs, Hollywood comes out with a comedy about the Celtics that's even worse than the team.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

11/04/2023

3/4

...a high-concept premise that’s employed to perpetually affable (if somewhat forgettable) effect...

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

03/10/2022

2/4

Celtic Pride is a basketball comedy the way Fatal Attraction was a dating movie.

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TV Guide

03/24/2008

1.5/4

Celtic Pride supplies predictably lowbrow yocks for jocks, and its rather disturbing racial implications go entirely unacknowledged.

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Caz M

@CazMartino Apr 15

I couldn't get into this movie up until the end. It did have character and a new story that has not been copied so I give it credit for doing something different. The movies does grab your attention for the end game, so it finishes strong.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 14

The worldwide gross is $9,300,000.00.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 23

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Benjamin B.

@TopsyKretts Aug 16

I love this movie! Classic old school comedy!!

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Stephen L

@RT02285025 04/06/2025

If Celtic Pride holds up, it’s just barely - but it does. Dan Aykroyd is great, Daniel Stern is loud, and Damon Wayans holds his own as the selfish NBA star. The plot - two Celtics fans kidnapping an opposing player before Game 7 - is absurd, but the film runs with it. The basketball scenes are solid, the set design has surprising detail and Judd Apatow’s early fingerprints are all over the over-written but ambitious script. It’s far from perfect, but moments like the “bad luck guy” scene still land. Some of the dialogue is repetitive, and the ending doesn’t feel earned, but for a mid-‘90s NBA comedy, it’s fun, specific and occasionally sharp.

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Stephen C

@RT98154959 12/28/2024

What the **** were you thinking?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

Mike (Daniel Stern) and Jimmy (Dan Aykroyd) are disconsolate after watching their favorite team, the Boston Celtics, lose a game in the NBA finals. They hatch a far-fetched scheme to sabotage Lewis Scott (Damon Wayans), the star of the opposing team, who is known for his love of nightlife, by getting him very drunk -- and thus too hungover to perform in the next game. After the two inadvertently kidnap the player instead, they dither about whether to release their captive.

Director: Tom DeCerchio
Producer: Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow
Production Co: Caravan Pictures, Hollywood Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 19, 1996, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.2M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo