Tuesday, October 16, 2012

White Men Can't Jump (1992):
Starring:
Wesley Snipes - Sidney Deane
Woody Harrelson - Billy Hoyle
Rosie Perez - Gloria Clemente
Tyra Ferrell - Rhonda Deane
Cylk Cozart - Robert
Kadeem Hardison - Junior
Ernest Harden Jr. - George
John Marshall Jones - Walter
Marques Johnson - Raymond
Nigel Miguel - Dwight "The Flight" McGhee
Duane Martin - Willie Lewis

Director:
Ron Shelton (Bull Durham; Tin Cup; Play It To The Bone)

Synopsis: 
Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances.

Review:
Holds up great even now. Woody & Wesley are a great on screen duo. Movie is funny all the way through. Well written & directed. You get the typical flashy, colourful outfits from the early 1990's, that added with hilarious smack talking on both sides & you've got yourself a really funny basketball comedy. Only downside is Rosie Perez. BUT if you can get past he annoying voice & horrible acting you get to see he giant gazongas twice. I will say too, that this movie has a completely stupid subplot involving Perez. Her life long dream & goal is to study everything she can inorder to be a contestant on Jeopardy!. Which at the end of the movie she does & is magically the smartest person to have ever lived on the face of the planet... while still being a god awful actress & one of the most annoying people to hear speak. She is HORRIBLE both in this movie & life.

Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Flixster: 61%

63%

Lead Acting: 13/15
Supporting Cast: 5/15
Plot: 8/10
Compared To The Genre: 7/10
Cinematography: 11/20
Intrigue: 13/20
Extra: 6/10

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