Boogie

Name: Boogie
Genre: Drama
Released: March 5, 2021
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Dave East, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Mike Moh, Pamelyn Chee

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Focus Features | Release Date: March 5, 2021 | R

Starring: Dave East, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Mike Moh, Pamelyn Chee, Perry Yung, Pop Smoke, Steve Coulter, Taylor Takahashi, Taylour Paige

Summary: Alfred “Boogie” Chin is a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.

Director: Eddie Huang

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 89 min

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James Berardinelli

Mar 5, 2021

Boogie is at times unpolished but it offers a compelling and sympathetic portrayal of the title character and avoids excessive melodrama or a too-facile ending. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Mar 3, 2021

It’s a solid first film, with a firm grasp on its melancholy but romantic tone, which never gets in the way of its propulsive momentum. Read full review

Cliff Lee

Mar 3, 2021

Boogie is, finally, Huang’s cinematic realization of his dream, a debut filmmaker’s warts and all. Read full review

Nick Schager

Mar 3, 2021

Boogie is most assured when focusing on specific Chinese American routines, rituals and mindsets, yet it falters when crafting its larger portrait of Boogie’s predicament. Huang’s script routinely indulges in leaden exposition to get its message, as well as character details and dynamics, across. Read full review

Vince Mancini

Mar 18, 2021

The idea of a movie about an Asian-American basketball prospect is compelling enough, but Boogie is also saddled with the baggage of seemingly everything writer/director Eddie Huang thinks is cool. Some of it fits, some of it doesn’t, and lots of times his attempts at a fresh angle come off achingly corny. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 4, 2021

Yes, it’s a coming-of-age story: If Boogie were fully evolved, woke and enlightened, there would be no "Boogie." But the film is just rough and unformed enough to suggest that Huang might still have some growing up to do as a filmmaker, too. Read full review

IndieWire Robert Daniels

Mar 3, 2021

What is obvious is that Huang’s Boogie is a 90-minute aimless mess that sets back as much as it saves. Read full review

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aprilynclino

Mar 11, 2021

The sound effects are good. The presentation is good. But, the story lacks some tightness. but yes, it is worth watching.

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TVJerry

Mar 26, 2021

Surprisingly, this is NOT a Rocky-style up-and-comer athlete story. This Chinese-American basketball player (Taylor Takahashi who’s actually Japanese) is already a stand out at his high school. This movie revolves around his hope for a college scholarship on his way to playing for the NBA.Surprisingly, this is NOT a Rocky-style up-and-comer athlete story. This Chinese-American basketball player (Taylor Takahashi who’s actually Japanese) is already a stand out at his high school. This movie revolves around his hope for a college scholarship on his way to playing for the NBA. His greatest challenges are living up to his traditional parents’ expectations and winning the big game against a rival. This was written/directed by comic Eddie Huang (best known for Fresh off the Boat) and the lead is actually his teammate from a community league. Sadly, it shows. Although Takahashi is earnest (and too old to play a teen), his flatness belies his lack of experience, esp. against the actual actors. To make matters worse, the writing tackles all of the issues with a simplistic approach and the direction is flat. Overall, this feels like a bad TV drama.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Nov 7, 2021

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Youthful ethnic minorities who, in the grip of a lacerating ambivalence, a "mixture of covetousness and resentment" (Alison Willmore of Vulture), aspire to integration with the goals of the American nightmare while despising it.

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