Saturday, June 30, 2018

Movie Review: Uncle Drew

As far as movies I have seen about basketball over the years, the best one by far has always been "White Men Can't Jump", released in 1992. White Men Can't Jump hit all the marks, including great basketball action and a very funny and good story. Its impossible to believe that its been 26 years since this very good movie was released.

As far as the new movie "Uncle Drew", I was impressed with most of the basketball scenes, but the story had too many road trip diversions and not enough good story and basketball. I was most impressed with the acting of NBA star Kyrie Irving who showed not only his incredible ball handling skills and the fact that he can act too. By far the best line in the movie was when Kyrie said twice "You will miss 100% of the time, if you never take a shot". The actress Tiffany Haddish is also in this movie - and her career is exploding lately. Considering she was living in her car trying to make it in show business, she is a very lucky person. I thought this film was a good family movie with an average story and some humor but could have been more memorable. I give Uncle Drew a marginal recommendation.

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