In an attempt to be released from prison, Jake Shuttlesworth, who has been arrested after killing his wife brutally, but, he has a chance to have his freedom, if only he manages to convince his son, Jesus, a famous basketball player, to join the collage, the thing that makes him struggle, as he has only one week.
16 June 1985, New Jersey, USA
18 September 1952, New York City, New York, USA
1 February 1971, Pomona, California, USA
27 July 1955, Berkeley, California, USA
20 February 1968, Toledo, Ohio, USA
1 October 1969, New York City, New York, USA
6 July 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
14 December 1971, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4 July 1947, The Bronx, New York, USA
11 August 1943, Campbellsville, Kentucky, USA
17 December 1975, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
2 March 1937, San Fernando, California, USA
9 May 1979, New York City, New York, USA
11 May 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 December 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 November 1944, Suffolk County, New York, USA
28 February 1931, Emporia, Kansas, USA
13 December 1967, New York City, New York, USA
2 September 1941, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 March 1972, Newark, New Jersey, USA
11 April 1973, New York City, New York, USA
17 February 1963, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
19 July 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 07, 2009
A long, boring, meandering, dog of a movie.
March 25, 2007
[Lee] gets a charming performance from Allen, who, in his acting debut, occupies his pedestal with grace and diffidence.
March 25, 2007
As usual, Lee tries many kinds of stylistic effects and uses wall-to-wall music (by Aaron Copland and Public Enemy); what's different this time is how personally driven the story feels.
March 25, 2008
Lacking the moral indignation and militant politics of Lee's former work, this vibrantly colorful father-son melodrama is soft at the center, but it's one of the most accessible films Lee has made and Denzel Washington is terrific.
February 09, 2006
Most scenes play too long, with a surplus of ideas, textures, tones and characters, and after 134 minutes it's clear Lee's problem with closure hasn't gone away.
April 09, 2005
Lee paints intimate characters who are about more than the game. Themes of integrity, honesty, loyalty and familial love are woven through the film resulting in a complex, thought-provoking human drama.
June 28, 2004
Shrewdly exposes the underbelly of college recruiting and the pressures exerted on talented high school basketball stars.
March 25, 2007
Though too long by a good half hour, Lee's latest film packs a genuine emotional punch.
March 25, 2008
Lee's attack on how big business is not only ruining the game he loves but also playing with people's lives is direct and brave, while his passion, insight and intelligence are evident and admirable.
June 07, 2004
Flawed but powerful.
April 27, 2007
At the end of Mr. Lee's movie, all you feel is the distraction of Mr. Lee's stylistic exhibitionism, without which, I concede, he might not be regarded as a genius in some quarters.
June 18, 2002
Washington's Jake Shuttlesworth looks tough and hard, an odd but refreshing turn for an actor long associated with handsomely heroic roles.
