White Men Can't Jump (1992)

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This March is “Mostly Woody” month at Catching Up On Cinema!

All month long, we'll be taking a look at some of the earlier films of actor Woody Harrelson!

This week, Kyle and Trevor review Ron Shelton's, White Men Can't Jump (1992)!

Directed by minor league baseball player turned prolific director of sports films, Ron Shelton, White Men Can't Jump (1992) is a sports comedy centered around L.A. street ball hustlers.

Starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, as well as featuring Rosie Perez in a key supporting role, the film is a delightful time capsule of early 90's West coast culture, encapsulating many of the sights, sounds and prominent social themes of the era.

Packed with trash talk, elegantly staged basketball sequences, and wrong-headed hyper masculinity, the film boldly invites the viewer to both cheer for, and scorn its protagonists in equal measure.

Oddly structured, and not consistently crowd pleasing in the way many would expect from a “sports comedy”, White Men Can't Jump is nevertheless an enjoyable sports film, albeit a somewhat more dramatic and realistic one than one might expect.
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