Synopsis
A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a woman and joins the WUBA.
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Cast
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr.Jamal Jefferies / Juwanna Mann
- Vivica A. FoxMichelle Langford
- Kevin PollakLorne Daniels
- Tommy DavidsonPuff Smokey Smoke
- GinuwineRomeo
- Lil' KimTina Parker
- Dikembe MutomboCoyner
- Vlade DivacMorse
- Muggsy BoguesAndrew Stewart
- Rasheed WallaceWhitley
Recommendations
- 50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Director Jesse Vaughan keeps the ball in play through the aw-shucks lessons in humility and generosity, but the teamwork is shoddy, the plays lack surprise and, finally, Juwanna Mann misses more than it hits. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Comic Tommy Davidson, in particular, is hilarious as gangsta rapper Puff Smokey Smoke, who falls for Juwanna and then, in a twist lifted directly from the queen of all drag farces, 1959's "Some Like It Hot," decides he still loves her after she's exposed as Jamal. After all, nobody's perfect. - 38
Boston Globe
It is Kevin Pollak who steals what there is of a show as Jamal's passive-aggressive, pressure-cooked agent. His comedic timing, particularly given the thinness of the script, is the only genuinely impressive slam dunk this movie has to offer. - 33
Portland Oregonian
"Tootsie" meets "Hoop Dreams" in Juwanna Mann, and they don't get along. This basketball comedy turns out to be a total drag -- in both senses. - 25
New York Post
It's all so insincere, you can almost imagine the filmmakers rubbing their hands together at the prospect of ripping off the public. - 25
Baltimore Sun
Bottom line: Juwanna Mann is a drag - in every sense of the word. - 20
Washington Post
If this sounds like "Tootsie" with a ball, well, it is. Screenwriter Bradley Allenstein should be hauled up in writer's court for his shameless cribbing of that far superior comedy. Someone call a foul. - 20
The A.V. Club
Relies on the most time-tested basic moves of farce for laughs that just don't come.
