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He Got Game
Denzel Washington does some of his best work as a prison inmate trying to earn himself an early release by talking his estranged son into playing basketball at the governor of New York's alma mater.
17 February 1936, St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
7 October 1975, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
16 June 1985, New Jersey, USA
9 June 1939, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
17 November 1944, Lyons, New York, USA
17 October 1970, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
20 October 1953, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
22 September 1934, Mayville, North Dakota, USA
5 November 1952, La Mesa, California, USA
13 December 1967, New York City, New York, USA
17 May 1966, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
27 December 1941, El Paso, Texas, USA
11 April 1973, New York City, New York, USA
18 September 1952, New York City, New York, USA
28 December 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 July 1969, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1941, Griffin, Georgia, USA
12 July 1972, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
17 February 1963, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
March 25, 2008
Lee's attack on how big business is not only ruining the game he loves but also playing with people's lives is direct and brave, while his passion, insight and intelligence are evident and admirable.
April 09, 2005
Lee paints intimate characters who are about more than the game. Themes of integrity, honesty, loyalty and familial love are woven through the film resulting in a complex, thought-provoking human drama.
February 09, 2006
Most scenes play too long, with a surplus of ideas, textures, tones and characters, and after 134 minutes it's clear Lee's problem with closure hasn't gone away.
June 07, 2004
Flawed but powerful.
January 07, 2009
A long, boring, meandering, dog of a movie.
June 28, 2004
Shrewdly exposes the underbelly of college recruiting and the pressures exerted on talented high school basketball stars.
April 27, 2007
At the end of Mr. Lee's movie, all you feel is the distraction of Mr. Lee's stylistic exhibitionism, without which, I concede, he might not be regarded as a genius in some quarters.
March 25, 2007
Though too long by a good half hour, Lee's latest film packs a genuine emotional punch.
June 18, 2002
Washington's Jake Shuttlesworth looks tough and hard, an odd but refreshing turn for an actor long associated with handsomely heroic roles.
March 25, 2007
[Lee] gets a charming performance from Allen, who, in his acting debut, occupies his pedestal with grace and diffidence.
March 25, 2008
Lacking the moral indignation and militant politics of Lee's former work, this vibrantly colorful father-son melodrama is soft at the center, but it's one of the most accessible films Lee has made and Denzel Washington is terrific.
March 25, 2007
As usual, Lee tries many kinds of stylistic effects and uses wall-to-wall music (by Aaron Copland and Public Enemy); what's different this time is how personally driven the story feels.