[Spike Lee] Fascinating to watch. It was like a prototype for 25th hour. A lot of the cutting reminded me of the later movie. The scene with the mobster in the in the car was pretty reminiscent of the wonder 'fuck' scene in 25th Hour.

So, there was a lot of things in Lee's direction that I liked a lot. But the movie is heavily flawed. Most of the actors not being real actors hurts a lot of the scenes. And the Milla Jovovich stuff really should have been cut. Oh and the score was really over the top.

Despite all the problems, I liked the central idea, the direction and Denzel's performance.

[Spike Lee] Fascinating to watch. It was like a prototype for 25th hour. A lot of the cutting reminded me of the later movie. The scene with the mobster in the in the car was pretty reminiscent of the wonder 'fuck' scene in 25th Hour.

So, there was a lot of things in Lee's direction that I liked a lot. But the movie is heavily flawed. Most of the actors not being real actors hurts a lot of the scenes. And the Milla Jovovich stuff really should have been cut. Oh and the score was really over the top.

Despite all the problems, I liked the central idea, the direction and Denzel's performance.

Prisoner Jake Shuttlesworth is given temporary release on the condition he convince his son, the top Basketball prospect, to sign with a certain university. The thing about He Got Game is that it has very few major flaws, other than a bad score and a half baked subplot involving a prostitute, but it never excels too far. The performances are all good, especially Denzel Washington. Spike Lee also directs well with confidence and style. But there's nothing about the film that really made me sit back and say, "Wow." Still, this a very good film with an engaging story.

Spike Lee režisūra saista un kaitina vienlaicīgi. Katru reizi skatoties viņa filmas šķiet, ka kaut kas ir mazliet "off". Ka tur tas un te tas varēja būt citādāk. Ar pirkstu bakstošā un apakšslāņu message vienlaicīgā pastāvēšana tā pa īstam man nostrādāja tikai (pagaidām) viņa Do the Right Thing. Redzēs kā būs tālāk.

Pretty solid. An unconventional sports movie in many different ways.

I'm a big fan of how raw spike lee makes his films. This lived up to it and was a documentary more than a fiction.

Not bad

He Got Game surprised me with how heartbreaking this father and son relationship was, as opposed to a sports-drama. There are scenes of undeniable power, but that ethereal score simply looming over was too distracting. I think it briefly worked with Washington and Allen in place, but not with the prostitute and Lala subplots. There's a lot of ambition in this film and I was reminded of Any Given Sunday, but they both suffer from inconsistent and messy tidbits. The strength of its two male protagonists won me over, but I never got any insight into the pressures faced upon Jesus Shuttlesworth. Brief moments that really shook me, but ultimately all over the place. I wouldn't watch it again.

The style and the score is kind of off putting and it could have used about 15 minutes worth of editing but the acting was top notch, interesting story and Spike Lee sure knows how to create a high sense of tension

Ray Allen was awesome in this film. Great video work in this film as well. You could also see Spike Lee's commercial work for Nike coming into use as well. The Denzel-hooker side-plot was unnecessary but all in all not a bad Spike Lee joint.