‘White Men Can’t Jump’ Review: Sinqua Walls And Jack Harlow Star In Logic- And Chemistry-Free Remake That Can’t Live Up To Its Predecessor
deadline.comI feel like a broken record these days and it makes me want to scream. I watched Calmatic’s latest film, White Men Can’t Jump 2023, written by Kenya Barris, Doug Hall and Ron Shelton, and was forced to ask myself once again: Why?
What’s wrong with making another film about interracial relations and basketball? Why must it be a remake of White Men Can’t Jump?
The 1992 version has so much going for it, but does this updated version have the juice to make its mark on pop culture the way the previous film did?
The answer is no, of course not. The film stars Sinqua Walls, Jack Harlow, Teyana Taylor, Lauren Harrier and Lance Reddick. It starts in 2010, and a young Kamal Allen (Walls) is a high school basketball phenom considered the country’s top prospect.
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