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Cast
- Wesley SnipesSidney Deane
- Woody HarrelsonBilly Hoyle
- Rosie PerezGloria Clement
- Tyra FerrellRhonda Deane
- Cylk CozartRobert
- Kadeem HardisonJunior
- Ernest Harden Jr.George
- John Marshall JonesWalter
- Marques JohnsonRaymond
- David RobersonT.J.
Recommendations
- 100
Time Out
Snipes and Harrelson bounce off the screen like Michael Jordan, while Shelton and cinematographer Russell Boyd perfectly capture the agile thrills of the game itself. A double-whammy slam-dunker of a movie. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Here is a comedy of great high spirits, with an undercurrent of sadness and sweetness that makes it a lot better than the plot itself could possibly suggest. - 80
Empire
It’s overly long and the Rosie Perez sub-plot leads it astray, but mostly, it rocks. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Smartly spreading his story beyond the end lines of the basketball court, writer-director Shelton has knocked down a sparkling, slice-of-life Americana story. As rough and shiny as chain nets on a sweltering summer day, White Men Can't Jump is a poetic, rag-tag triumph. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Graced with good-humored comic energy, they overcome sizable script problems and turn Ron Shelton's White Men Can't Jump into a sassy and profane urban fairy tale that finds laughs in some very clever places. - 70
The New York Times
The terrifically confident Mr. Snipes gives a funny, knowing performance with a lot of physical verve. And Mr. Harrelson (of Cheers) further perfects the art of appearing utterly without guile. Their comic timing together shapes the film's raucous wit, and their basketball playing looks creditable, too. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Perhaps the first sports movie ever made in which the characters talked as good a game as they played. - 63
Washington Post
For the most part, it's a provocative one-on-one between racial opposites Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. Their relationship -- or perhaps, their ongoing collision -- is the best part of the movie.
