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White Men Can't Jump

White Men Can't Jump

Comedy · Drama · 1992

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Movie details

White Men Can't Jump

“It ain't easy being this good.”

1992 Comedy · Drama 1h 55m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over White Men Can't Jump?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ron Shelton

Written by

Ron Shelton

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Billy Hoyle

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Sidney Deane

Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez

Gloria Clement

Tyra Ferrell

Tyra Ferrell

Rhonda Deane

Cylk Cozart

Cylk Cozart

Robert

Marques Johnson

Marques Johnson

Raymond

Kadeem Hardison

Kadeem Hardison

Junior

Court is in session

Put White Men Can't Jump on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.