Fresh
A fresh and exuberant romantic comedy that is as smart about playground basketball as Bull Durham was about minor league baseball.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
White Men Can't Jump
It ain't easy being this good.
1992 · 1h 55m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Ron Shelton
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White Men Can't Jump
Overview
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
They're black and white instead of fat and thin, but Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson have the makings of a classic comedy team, the Laurel and Hardy of the half-court game.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Harrelson's performance is rich, subtle, and delicately funny. And Snipes is just amazing: everything he does seems to leap off the screen.
Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
Fresh
White Man Can't Jump is most effective at the beginning -- when it's bouncing along with the exuberance that Shelton brought to such other sports-minded movies as Bull Durham and The Best of Times.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Despite charismatic performances by Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as nothing-but- net shooters who might be called the Schmo and the Bro, White Men Can't Jump throws up mostly bricks.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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