White Men Can't Jump Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 5498

Average Rating: 2.6/4

# of Ratings: 132

Theatrical Release Date: 03/27/1992

Language: English

Genre: Comedy, Drama

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Ron Shelton

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Cylk Cozart, Kadeem Hardison

Plot: Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are two hustlers on the street basketball courts of L.A. When they join forces the only thing that can break them apart are their competing egos.

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Rating of
3/4

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/17/2023

A real mold breaker of a movie. Turning both the sports drama and the conman comedy on their heads with a charismatic cast of characters, sharp script, and great sense of time and place.

Rating of
3/4

Unknown - wrote on 11/30/2011

Snipes and Harrelson make a good pair. This movie is good.

Rating of
3/4

dukeakasmudge - wrote on 09/19/2011

A movie you can watch over & over again

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Rating of
3.5/4

Great movie!

TheWolf - wrote on 08/02/2007

This is one movie that I can watch a dozen times over and never be tired of it. Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson are absolutely great together. They play off of eachothers characters really well. I like that this was a new type of role for Harrelson, who was at the time still really well known for playing Woody the light hearted (albeit an idiot) bartender also named Woody on the TV show Cheers. This really showed that he could pull off a number of different character types and it lead into some much bigger roles for him years later.
While Rosie Perez did a decent job, most people agree that it was best to keep her part rather limited in this movie as her voice can certainly cause a tremendous headache when heard too much.
This movie was a lot of fun, and if you want to see some …

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