Juwanna Mann (2002) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Juwanna Mann
Year
2002
Running time
91 min.
Country
United States
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Synopsis
When a bad-boy ballplayer (Nuñez Jr.) gets booted out of professional basketball, he wants so much to return to the game that he disguises himself as female all-star "Juwanna Mann" and joins the Women's Basketball League.
Awards
2003: NAACP Image Awards: nominated to Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture.
Critics' reviews
- "Predictable to its very core, and in a funny way the predictability is part of the fun. The movie is in on the joke of its own recycling."
- "The idea of transposing the story to the macho, greedy world of big-time sports is promising, but director Jesse Vaughan delivers only flat dialogue and predictable situations."
- "This isn't the worst movie Warner Bros. has brought out this summer (Scooby-Doo, boo on you), but for it to work, you have to accept the irredeemable stupidity of almost every character."
- "It is Kevin Pollak who steals what there is of a show as Jamal's passive-aggressive, pressure-cooked agent. His comedic timing is the only genuinely impressive slam dunk this movie has to offer."
- "It's all so insincere, you can almost imagine the filmmakers rubbing their hands together at the prospect of ripping off the public."
- "Here's a truly novel sports film: It actually has a script, decent acting, sympathetic characters. And it's fun."
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