Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that’s fast dangerous – and funny. Directed and written by Ron Shelton (“Bull Durham”), and co-starring the sizzling Rosie Perez, “White Men Can’t Jump” is a slam dunk, high-flying comedy hit!Writer-director Ron Shelton’s 1992 follow-up to the baseball comedy-drama Bull Durham involves a different sport: basketball, as played on the neighborhood hustler circuit. Woody Harrelson is Billy Hoyle, a good shooter using his white complexion to fool black players into thinking he can be stomped in easy bets. Billy’s banter-filled matchup against Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) on a public court leads to a partnership in which Sidney becomes Billy’s manager, taking the white outsider on a tour of the tougher sections of Los Angeles, where he plays homeboys for a few bucks. Inevitably, the two come apart over their innate competitiveness, a situation that has to be reevaluated after Billy gets into trouble with some underworld creditors. Meanwhile, Billy’s girlfriend (Rosie Perez) sits at home preparing herself for a maybe-someday date appearance on Jeopardy. As with all of Shelton’s sports-related movies (Tin Cup, his script for The Best of Times), White Men Can’t Jump is less about the fine points of the game than it is the rules by which players survive it. The script is literate and crackling with wit and satire (a scene in which a politician sponsors a black-white “solidarity” game is hilarious). The actors are entirely in sync, and the scenes under and around the hoops are a thrill to watch. –Tom Keogh
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April 19, 2008
#1
That’s would be said if the title were Black Men Can’t (fill in whatever you wish), regardless of the meaning of the actual theme of the movie. Then why isn’t it the case here? Refuse to allow yourself to see this farce.
April 20, 2008
#2
this was a good movie goria was very spoiled and took advantage of billy “woody harrison” he was hustling all day 2 put food on da table and when he comes home his girlfriend says how much $ did u make instead of i miss u she left him at least 3 times n da movie and when she comes back it is for money after billy and snidy win some $ from da basketball contests i would have given this money a higher score if goria would have understand goria because she took things 2 far i no she was kind of smart of winning da game show on jeopardy but she still of have there until the end of da movie Joe Brown
April 20, 2008
#3
I would rate it if I had received it. it is now the 21/9/01 and it was shipped on 21/8/01 still not here.
Can you let me know what the problem is and why is there no other way of getting in contact with with the people who look after the orders?
Ruairi ONeill
April 20, 2008
#4
wes snipes “snidy” and woody harrison “billy” 2 good actors made comedy history by putting on 1 of da better comedy films of 1992 everything these two did was perfect this movie was both seious and funny but more funny it was full with cool basketball moves but da movie was focused on woody harrision not being able to dunk a basketball which was funny because toward da middle of da movie he tried many times 2 dunk a ball while wesely kept on teasing him rosey peruz was good as billy’s girlfriend soon 2 b wife i could fill if she would have stay with him a little while longer this movie would have been better because they been through a lot 2gether n da movie running from husters, moving from place to place n a matter of days, 2 rosy peruz “goria” winnning da jeopardy game she forgave woody if she loved him she would have stayed and never gave up on him but other than that this was 1 of woody and wes snipes best movies together n da 90s they made 3 movies together
April 20, 2008
#5
Do not get this movie for your young, basketball loving children, unless you want to be wowed by the new words they are going to learn. Hollywood can do better than this. The only thing good are the court moves.