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Crossover
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Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Drama
Written by: Preston A. Whitmore II
Directed by: Preston A. Whitmore II
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 1, 2006
DVD: February 20, 2007
Running Time: 95 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and some language
Starring Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Alecia Jai Fears, Kristen Wilson, Michael Kimbrew, and Shelli Boone
Crossover is a gripping urban drama set against the thrilling world of streetball. The story follows two young hopefuls, Tech (Mackie) and Cruise (Jonathan), who must bring every move they have to the floor to unseat the reigning champions from the throne they have held for far too long. (Sony)
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The reason basketball is such a great spectator sport isn't because of its opportunities for razzle-dazzle editing and direction. It's because the game is kinetic enough without all that swoosh/zap/wham business.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Nathan Lee
A decent example of Sidekick Cinema: a movie to glance up at from time to time while you download ring tones or text-message your friends.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
While director-screenwriter Preston A. Whitmore II's film is to be admired for its proponing the values of a higher education over the dream of a career in the NBA, its dialogue, characterizations and situations rarely transcend the level of cliche.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling
Crossover skimps on court-level pyrotechnics (we get a game in the beginning and, of course, a big game at the end, and that's about it) in favor of dry urban melodrama.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson
As they pursue their goals, no movie cliché is left unturned. The streetball scenes offer some nifty trick plays, but the rest of Crossover features poorly dressed sets, cheap-looking costumes and locations, and silly histrionics.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
Just a few more tweaks and Crossover could have been something special -- a truly terrible movie to savor for the ages. But nooo, this street ball movie -- has to settle for middle-of-the-road badness.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Earnest and predictable, Crossover deserves more than the horselaughs that will probably greet it in theaters -- but not a lot more. The movie is harmless, which is both its strength and its weakness.
Read Full Review >Premiere Bartley Morrisroe
The streetball scenes, much like the plot, have a few high points but never hit their stride.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Much as they would like it to, basketball can't save the youthful inner-city players here. Nor does the ultra-fast-paced street version of the sport save this movie from predictability and tedium.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
So badly conceived and executed, its good intentions don't help.
Read Full Review >Variety Robert Koehler
Overshadowed by vastly superior sports movies like Invincible and hardly disguising its low-budget sources, pic isn't in any kind of shape for the theatrical leagues.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
Crossover has one redeeming quality: a heart that's in the right place. It's a bad movie with a good message -- but does anyone really want to pay $10 for an ABC After School Special version of "He Got Game"?
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Crossover doesn't have the competence to make it exciting or the desire to explore what's really at stake for these players.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
A real air ball, this lethargic drama by Preston A. Whitmore II is so poorly scripted that most of the major plot developments occur offscreen.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
The entire movie seems to have about the same budget as a 30-second sneaker commercial. I'm not talking Nike, either. I'm talking a commercial for Steve's Second-Hand Sneaker World and Falafel Emporium that you'd see on NY1 News at 3:08 a.m.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 0.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a0:
So bad its harmful and makes you hate black movies, it makes me ashamed to be black.
Randy J. gave it a0:
A retarded attempt to match up to films like Coach Carter. It is just utterly stupid and annoying. Its like watching Simon Cowell dance for 2 hours.
