Shelton's enthusiasm is remarkably refreshing, but it's not enough to mean well, and we don't know much more about these people or their world at the end than we learn at the beginning.
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White Men Can't Jump (1992)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:28
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: White Men Can't Jump provides a fresh take on the sports comedy genre, with a clever script and a charismatic trio of leads.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An comical pair of basketball hustlers join forces to run a risky con game on the toughest courts of Los Angeles.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell
Director: Ron Shelton
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Reviews for White Men Can't Jump
Rosie Perez steals the movie from the two male leads
07/18/03
Here is a comedy of great high spirits, with an undercurrent of sadness and sweetness that makes it a lot better than the plot itself could possibly suggest.
01/01/00
Top CriticA double-whammy slam-dunker of a movie.
06/24/06
This is one director who loves words, and what a rare thing that is.
01/01/00
Top CriticOccasionally very funny dialogue is not enough to rescue a story about the lives of two basketball hustlers who basically live for the game.
01/01/00
This film unfolds in an uncommonly sweet, harmonious climate, one in which rude remarks are the sine qua non of friendship. And that benign atmosphere becomes a large part of its charm.
05/20/03
Top CriticMostly, it rocks.
08/16/01
This is better than any other basketball comedy you'll find of late.
01/01/00
...the formula is hackneyed and could get tiresome quickly if it weren't for the energy of its stars and the inventive style of its writer-director, Ron Shelton.
01/01/00
This picture is packed with fun, but it doesn't really go anywhere.
03/25/07
Top CriticBasketball really isn't the central theme. It is really about relationships, loyalty and honesty, qualities in short supply among hustlers.
03/23/03
For the most part, it's a provocative one-on-one between racial opposites Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhat Shelton fails to provide is a coherent structure; the film is wearyingly repetitive.
05/12/01
Top CriticSucceeds only intermittently.
03/25/07
Shelton's film is so raggedy that it never finds its focus, despite another terrific performance from Snipes, one of the finest actors in movies today.
01/01/00
Even basketball-phobes will enjoy it.
07/31/08
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12/07/07
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07/25/01
Episodic by enjoyable. Rosie Perez steals this one.
04/30/04
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