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He Got Game

1998 · 136 min

It is a deeply felt drama about the difficult bridge between a father's sacrifice and a son's uncertain future.

Tagline
The father, the son and the holy game.
Overview
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

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  • Disney Plus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • parenthood
  • freedom
  • crime
Places
  • prison
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee
Starring
Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Hill Harper, Ned Beatty, Jim Brown, Joseph Lyle Taylor
Cinematography
Ellen Kuras, Malik Hassan Sayeed
Runtime
136 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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