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He Got Game
The father, the son and the holy game.
The father, the son and the holy game.
Drama - 1998
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A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Director:
,
Spike Lee
Cast:
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Jim Brown
,
Denzel Washington
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Ned Beatty
,
Ray Allen
,
Hill Harper

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
136 min
Release date:
1 May 1998
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$25,000,000
Revenue:
$21,567,853
Awards:
10 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
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.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
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.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
25 Mar 2007
fresh:
[Lee] gets a charming performance from Allen, who, in his acting debut, occupies his pedestal with grace and diffidence.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
25 Mar 2007
rotten:
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.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
27 Apr 2007
fresh:
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.
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
25 Mar 2008
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