He Got Game

USA 1998, 137 minutes
Dir. Spike Lee
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Drama / Youth

Aroview: Those persistent bugbears about race and personal responsibility hold centre-court again for writer-director Spike Lee in this square-off against the big $$$ of the NBA basketball 'industry'. Hoop-shooting parolee Denzel Washington cuts a deal to win his estranged son for the state team, in a riveting play-off of loyalties that displays all of Lee's strengths: attention to emotional detail, raucous humour and stylish visuals.

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2 stars (Good Try) The screenplay has some good, mainly cynical, segments but overall it is too long and that is maybe one reason it doesn't work. ~Tubbs

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