Great acting and a great story

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2001)

Ray Allen surprised me of his skills as an actor and he was able to portray the role of jesus shuttlesworth very well, however he was obviously outshined by Denzel Washington. Denzel in definately one of his strongest role performances ever. The movie was a little bit better than I expected. I enjoy movies about poverty, and how people try to pull down a rising star and when someone shows maturity and forgiveness when he is faced with a difficult situation, which is to me what this movie is about. It is a very realistic situation and the people react in a very human way which I really like because you seldom see this in movies.
I don't know what negative things there are to say about this movie, I enjoyed it all the way through and every time I see I feel really motivated to go out and play basketball.