Good Film. Not A Basketball Film.

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2006)

Now I enjoyed this film on it's merits and as a teenager as it was a teen film mainly. The attempts at an "inspirational" angle were good and all respect to the young actors in the film, Jackson was excellent as ever. This is based on a true story but it does have massive hints as an "underdog comes good" movie. If you wanna watch a basketball movie this isn't for you, despite the fact there is some basketball mainly its a teen film, but if you wanna watch basketball, watch ESPN. Robert Ri'chard was good as the "preppy" but fell into the "hood" life far too quickly for my liking. All characters in the main were developed well and surprisingly Ashanti wasn't awful however lets stick to the singing eh? I would recommend this to anyone who isn't worried about the "screenplay" etc. I mean thats not what all films have to be about....some are just made for light entertainment.