X
- 1998
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 2 h 16 m
- 1998
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 2 h 16 m
- 1998
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 2 h 16 m
- 1998
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 2 h 16 m
He Got Game
64
8.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
64
62% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
64
62% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
33% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The movie is a volatile combination of ambitious mythmaking and nasty reality, and like most of Spike Lee’s work, it is also an inextricable combination of good and bad.
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.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 38 User Ratings
8.2
87% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
8% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 38 User Ratings
8.2
87% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
8% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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He Got Game seems to cheer for integrity, honesty and hard work while playing up its own cheap thrills.
The film is gorgeously shot (slow-motion basketballs spin in the air like Kubrick's spaceships), and the majestic Aaron Copland score helps some of the images to soar, but Lee's screenplay, heavy-handed and didactic, gives the actors little room to convey any real emotions.
Lee makes a great looking film, though the soap box message about greed becomes exhausted and overplayed early on.
There's not a relationship in He Got Game that feels right, especially the one between Washington and Allen, and if that doesn't work, neither does the film.
Awards
Acapulco Black Film Festival
• 5 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 3 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 1 Nomination
