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He Got Game
In an attempt to be released from prison, Jake Shuttlesworth, who has been arrested after killing his wife brutally, but, he has a chance to have his freedom, if only he manages to convince his son, Jesus, a famous basketball player, to join the collage, the thing that makes him struggle, as he has only one week.
11 April 1973, New York City, New York, USA
1941, Griffin, Georgia, USA
1 October 1969, New York City, New York, USA
22 July 1954, Detroit, Michigan, USA
11 August 1943, Campbellsville, Kentucky, USA
17 February 1985, New York City, New York, USA
22 November 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
June 07, 2004
Flawed but powerful.
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
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.
June 28, 2004
Shrewdly exposes the underbelly of college recruiting and the pressures exerted on talented high school basketball stars.
March 25, 2007
Though too long by a good half hour, Lee's latest film packs a genuine emotional punch.
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 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.
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.
March 25, 2007
[Lee] gets a charming performance from Allen, who, in his acting debut, occupies his pedestal with grace and diffidence.
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.
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.
January 07, 2009
A long, boring, meandering, dog of a movie.