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Ball Don't Lie (2008)

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
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Screen newcomers Kim Hidalgo and Grayson Boucher headline director Brin Hill's inner-city sports drama concerning a talented but deeply troubled high school basketball star, and featuring an impressive ensemble cast including Rosanna Arquette, Nick Cannon, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Harold Perrineau, and Emilie de Ravin. Sticky (real-life basketball player Boucher) may be a king on the court, but when that final buzzer sounds his life turns upside down. Despite the fact that the skinny high

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

Directed By: Brin Hill

Written By: Brin Hill, Matt de la Pe�a

In Theaters: Dec 1, 2008 Wide

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Critic Reviews for Ball Don't Lie

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Handcuffed to a story with no internal development and without the stylistic rigor to transform its jerky stop-and-start rhythm into an aesthetic, pic jumps from one disconnected scene to another.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

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Ball Don't Lie has what you might call an excess of street cred.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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John P. McCarthy

Boxoffice Magazine

Less a movie than a sadomasochistic plot party where every conceivable contrivance of teenage woe is asphyxiated to the brink of orgasm and then abandoned to gasp for air and soothe its throbbing vitals.

June 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Joseph Jon Lanthier

Slant Magazine

Kim Hidalgo gives a notable performance as Sticky's girlfriend Anh-thu, but it's Boucher's slow-burn intensity and unmistakable basketball skills that drive this entertaining independent drama.

March 19, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Had Ball Don't Lie gone the straight linear route and changed the story so that our main character was actually working toward a concrete goal, perhaps the film would've shined.

May 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinematical

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Erik Davis

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