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White Men Can't Jump (1992)

White Men Can't Jump poster
Directed by
Ron Shelton
Genre
comedy film, buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 1,538 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two basketball hustlers team up to con players on the streets of Los Angeles. They have to learn to trust each other as they chase bigger games and bigger paydays.

playfulenergeticcockylightheartedfunnycompetitiveeasygoingurban

What happens

White Men Can't Jump is a 1992 American sports comedy film written and directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as streetball hustlers. The film was released in the United States on March 27, 1992, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success. A loose video game adaptation was released in 1995, while a remake film was released in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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