A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Directed by Spike Lee
prison
parent child relationship
forgiveness
homicide
release from prison
begnadigung
affectation
college
basketball
angry
didactic
dramatic
admiring
adoring
familiar
sympathetic
african american family
Rank
#41 in 1998·#2307 overall
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Cast
Denzel Washington
Jake Shuttlesworth
Ray Allen
Jesus Shuttlesworth
Rosario Dawson
Lala Bonilla
Milla Jovovich
Dakota Burns
Hill Harper
Coleman "Booger" Sykes
Ned Beatty
Warden Wyatt
Jim Brown
Spivey
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Crudup
Bill Nunn
Uncle Bubba
Michele Shay
Aunt Sally
John Turturro
Billy Sunday
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
Crew
Spike Lee
Director
Spike Lee
Screenplay
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
Malik Hassan Sayeed
Director of Photography
Spike Lee
Producer
Jon Kilik
Producer
Aaron Copland
Music
Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Public Enemy
Music
Randall Balsmeyer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Popular Reviews
353 reviews
Monty Kelly
7.0★ · 06/07/26
I can confirm he did indeed have game
Whether he got sniped that’s a story for another day he probably did but I can’t see foreshadowing of this nature for the life of me
I can confirm he did indeed have game
Whether he got sniped that’s a story for another day he probably did but I can’t see foreshadowing of this nature for the life of me
analeigh
10.0★ · 06/06/26
“Everybody wants a piece of Jesus Shuttlesworth.” Still one of the coldest premises ever put to film
“Everybody wants a piece of Jesus Shuttlesworth.” Still one of the coldest premises ever put to film
JonMichael CaseyPRO
6.0★ · 06/02/26
jesus shuttlesworth comes off as someone who would have 0 points in an NBA finals game 7. not sure why but he does
jesus shuttlesworth comes off as someone who would have 0 points in an NBA finals game 7. not sure why but he does
stevzlubega
9.0★ · 05/30/26
(mr. johnson’s origin story)
so you’re telling me that the same woman that was on ‘she lives in my lap’ by andré 3000 plays lala in ‘he got game’? does that mean the two are in the same universe? but that would make denzel andré’s father.. still working it out; i’ll see you on the front page of ao3 in a week ✌🏿
(mr. johnson’s origin story)
so you’re telling me that the same woman that was on ‘she lives in my lap’ by andré 3000 plays lala in ‘he got game’? does that mean the two are in the same universe? but that would make denzel andré’s father.. still working it out; i’ll see you on the front page of ao3 in a week ✌🏿
