Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+7)
Critics 64Audiences 71GoodWatch 67
Metascore64
Letterboxd · 60 K ratings3.6/5
User score7.1
IMDb6.9
Box office
86%of its budget back
- Budget
- $25 M
- Worldwide
- $22 M
Worldwide it made back $22 M of the $25 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 16 min
Longer than most dramas, +27 min on the typical 109
typical 109136Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 58 countries, rent or buy in 12 more
+48Released
1998
May 1, 1998
28 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 47 more75 people
- Denzel WashingtonJake Shuttlesworth
- Ray AllenJesus Shuttlesworth
- Rosario DawsonLala Bonilla
- Milla JovovichDakota Burns
- Hill HarperColeman "Booger" Sykes
- Ned BeattyWarden Wyatt
- Jim BrownSpivey
- Joseph Lyle TaylorCrudup
Bill NunnUncle Bubba
Michele ShayAunt Sally
John TurturroBilly Sunday
Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'Neal
Charles BarkleyCharles Barkley
Michael JordanMichael Jordan
Jill KellySuzie
Chasey LainBuffy
Robin RobertsRobin Roberts
Scottie PippenScottie Pippen
Reggie MillerReggie Miller
Bill WaltonBill Walton
Dick VitaleDick Vitale- BCBobby CreminsBobby Cremins
Rick PitinoRick Pitino- JBJim BoeheimJim Boeheim
Directing · 1
- Spike Lee Director, Screenplay, Producer
Production · 2
- Jon Kilik Producer
- Aisha Coley Casting
Camera · 2
- Ellen Kuras Director of Photography
- Malik Hassan Sayeed Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Barry Alexander Brown Editor
Sound · 2
- Aaron Copland Music
- Public Enemy Music
Art · 3
- Wynn Thomas Production Design
- David Stein Art Direction
- Carolyn Cartwright Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Sandra Hernandez Costume Design
Visual Effects · 1
- Randall Balsmeyer Visual Effects Supervisor
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