The Movie was very favoirable with an excellent plot and development of a father and son's realationship with one another. The only complaint was the fact that it seemed as though spike lee got side tracked

Rating: Null/10 (9 December 2004)

Spike Lee directed one of the better basketball films, 'He Got Game', films.
"He Got Game" is a very moving story with a very diverse plot. There are many aspects to this film that make it a great one, from the plot in general, to the characters and their development, and the sound track as well.
It did, however, seem as though Spike Lee was almost getting too sidetracked in some areas of the plot. The films primarily seemed to focus around the relationship between the father (Jake) and his son (Jesus), but it seemed as though Spike Lee added to many unnecessary smaller stories happening throughout the movie. One of the side plots that happened was the relationship with Jesus and their next-door neighbor, who happened to be a prostitute. Another event going on was the fathers whole issues with his two parole officers, and it also seemed that this movie did not even necessarily have to be so much about the sport of basketball.
Something else that was bothering about this film was how unrealistic the situation was that took place in it, with the compromise or trade that had been agreed upon. It just simply would never happen that some one would agree to let an accused murderer out of jail early in order to have a very talented high school basket ball player agree to play for certain school. Another unrealistic aspect to this film was how much Spike Lee blew up the seriousness of being recruited, although it could have just been the town they lived in, much like the film "Friday Night Lights" and the seriousness that occurred there.
Although in the latter, many negative aspects were pointed out, all in all it was a great film; it had an extremely interesting plot that kept ones attention throughout the whole film.