Uncle Drew (2018) (original) (raw)

After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew's old basketball squad (Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a ...(more)

After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew's old basketball squad (Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson, and Lisa Leslie) and prove that a group of septuagenarians can still win the big one. (less)

Director: Charles Stone III
Starring: Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O'Neal, Reggie Miller, Chris Webber, Lisa Leslie, Lil Rel Howery
Producers: Marty Bowen, Michael Flynn, Wyck Godfrey, Michael Paseornek

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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 28, 2018

7 / 10

�Uncle Drew� began life in 2012 commercials for Pepsi, which were apparently popular enough to inspire a plan to make a feature film out of the idea of a young basketball player made up into an old basketball player who still dominates the game. It�s a thin premise for a movie, but screenwriter Jay Longino cranks up the Clich� 9000 machine to help churn out enough conflicts to fill two pictures. Thankfully, there�s some natural charm to �Uncle Drew� to keep away the sense of deja vu that threatens to overwhelm the production, as the effort is always at its finest when leaning on chemistry and ...read more...

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