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He Got Game Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    63

    out of 100

    Metascore®
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    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    Variety Emanuel Levy

    Lacking the moral indignation, outrage and militant politics that marked Lee's earlier work, this vibrantly colorful film is a tad too soft at the center, and arguably the director's most mainstream movie.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

    Basketball, bold urban landscapes, larger-than-life characters and red-hot visual pyrotechnics are the strong points of Mr. Lee's biggest three-ring circus, not to mention the central presence of Denzel Washington.

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  • 83

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    As is often the case with Lee, though, the film left me wishing for even more scenes of casual intimacy, still the most powerful way to carry any message.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Lee uses visual imagination to lift his material into the realms of hopes and dreams.

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Average Rating: 3.5
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5

Sweet Jesus...?! by AuthenticCharlottean
I absolutely love this film! Ray Allen is probably my favorite NBA superstar. A very smooth stroke of a jump-shot and one hell of a debut in this "Spike Lee Joint".Denzel just never seems to disapoint me. Never! He Got Game is an awesome movie for me because it reminds me of my very distant relationship with my father. For anyone with a similar relationship, this is a must see picture. One of forgiveness, emotion, adversity, hard times, priorities, and so many more words...

3

by universeeye

3

by devlin85

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