{"id":1913,"date":"2006-12-07T12:14:18","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2023-01-02T00:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T07:49:38","slug":"one-on-one-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1913","title":{"rendered":"One on One (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re trying to take my athletics scholarship away from me &#8212; the bastards!&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Poster-1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-59079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Poster-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Poster-1-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Poster-1-175x270.jpg 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Poster-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter winning a full scholarship to a university in Los Angeles, high school basketball star Henry Steele (Robby Benson) finds himself struggling to succeed.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basketball<\/li>\n<li>College<\/li>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Robby Benson Films<\/li>\n<li>Underdogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nListed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, this Robby Benson vehicle (he also co-wrote the script) offers all the standard cliches of every sports flick you&#8217;ve ever seen: an underdog who desperately wants to make it big struggles valiantly to succeed before scoring major points in the final &#8220;big game&#8221; (whoops! I gave it away). Yet it&#8217;s also a bravely cynical look at the corruption so rampant in the world of college sports: Henry is offered an all-expenses-paid scholarship (despite his limited academic abilities), a car, a tutor to help him pass his classes, a well-paying sinecure, and two free passes to each home game (which he&#8217;s able to sell for a whopping $300 each). Yet as <em>soon<\/em> as the tables turn &#8212; and the powers-that-be decide he&#8217;s no longer worthy star material &#8212; he finds himself fighting against the very forces which once buoyed his success. There are no surprises in <em>One on One<\/em> (again, my apologies for giving the ending away!), but getting to the final triumphant scene of this movie seems to be the whole point of its narrative journey. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robby Benson&#8217;s sincere performance as Henry<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Benson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Benson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Benson.jpg 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Benson-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/One-on-One-Benson-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A scathing glimpse at corruption in the NCAA<\/li>\n<li>Melanie Griffith in a small role as the duplicitous hitchhiker Benson picks up in L.A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While this is an enjoyable little sleeper, it&#8217;s only must-see viewing for hardcore Robby Benson fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0076500\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1977\/08\/25\/archives\/film-one-on-one-scores-for-fair-play.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/66092.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re trying to take my athletics scholarship away from me &#8212; the bastards!&#8221; Synopsis: After winning a full scholarship to a university in Los Angeles, high school basketball star Henry Steele (Robby Benson) finds himself struggling to succeed. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Basketball College Corruption Coming-of-Age Robby Benson Films Underdogs Review: Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, this Robby Benson vehicle (he also co-wrote the script) offers all the standard cliches of every sports flick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1913\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1913"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89193,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions\/89193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}