White Men Can’t Jump review: this remake barely hits the rim
A remake of the 1992 film about a pair of basketball hustlers who team up to earn extra cash.In the prologue, we meet Kamal as a young high school baller on the cusp of making it big. His father is one of those basketball dads, living out his failed dreams through his son. A decade later, Kamal is a delivery driver with a wife and a kid playing street ball for extra money.
What the remake misses most from the original is the presence of Rosie Perez, whose Gloria Clemente gave the original movie some heart; she was funny, quirky, and sincere in her affections and life goals. Teyana Taylor and Laura Harrier are the female leads in the remake. Neither have Perez ’s sense of character—or great dialogue to speak—nor do they have storylines that give them agency beyond supporting their men. Ironically, in some ways, the 30-year-old original is more woke than the remake. But make no mistake; Shelton’s original version was pretty sexist too. The remake is trying not to be sexist; it’s just failing at the attempt.
, but no movie stars. Snipes, Harrelson, and Perez were not only professional actors but A-listers in 1992, which, it seems, is no longer required for many movies—being the right hip-hop artist or influencer is enough. Even if none of them, at least in this film, are very good actors.was a hit back in the day and has become a cultural touchstone over 30-plus years in the Black community.
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