2023 · comedy · drama · sports
White Men Can't Jump
Directed by Calmatic1h 41m2023
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.
Our read: White Men Can't Jump (2023) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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