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.
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01/01/00
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
Succeeds only intermittently.
03/25/07
Apparently white men can't write scripts very well, either.
09/27/02
This picture is packed with fun, but it doesn't really go anywhere.
03/25/07
Top CriticShelton'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.
01/01/00
Occasionally 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
No review available.
11/26/03
What Shelton fails to provide is a coherent structure; the film is wearyingly repetitive.
05/12/01
Top CriticEven basketball-phobes will enjoy it.
07/31/08
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07/25/01
Mostly, it rocks.
08/16/01
No review available.
04/10/03
A hilarious white-black buddy comedy that manages to not feel completely contrived. Snipes is excellent.
03/21/03
No review available.
10/09/05
Episodic by enjoyable. Rosie Perez steals this one.
04/30/04
For the most part, it's a provocative one-on-one between racial opposites Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
06/17/05
No review available.
05/06/04
Rosie Perez steals the movie from the two male leads
07/18/03
No review available.
10/17/04
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