HBO's WinningTime isn't a game-changing drama, but it’s an absurdly entertaining one. Our review:
Many of these choices are out of the filmmaking toolbox McKay has been dipping into dating back to. They can be a lot to sift through in one show, and the style can periodically get in the way of the substance. The changing image quality, for instance, seems to happen without rhyme or reason, often in the middle of scenes, in ways that distract from whatever is happening.
The cast is even bigger than the directors’ bag of tricks. There are a whopping 24 cast regulars listed in HBO’s press notes. Some are just playing Lakers benchwarmers, but I haven’t yet mentioned, among others, Adrien Brody as player-turned-broadcaster-turned-coach Pat Riley; Tamera Tomakili as Magic’s once and future flame, Cookie; Rob Morgan as Magic’s blue-collar father Earvin Johnson Sr.
McKay, Borenstein, and company may have brought in so many ringers to compensate for the fact that most of their Lakers are played by inexperienced actors. There are certain physical requirements needed to seem convincing as basketball superstars, and most working actors tend to be on the short side, so looking outside the usual casting pools was necessary. But the rookie performers are good, too.
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