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Crossover (2006)

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Reviews Counted:61

Fresh:1

Rotten:60

Average Rating:3.2/10

Consensus: This heartfelt but incompetent, cliche-ridden sports picture is the cinematic equivalent of an airball.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Director and screenwriter Preston A. Whitmore II (THE WALKING DEAD) tells the tale of two old friends whose lives seem very different. Tech's (Anthony Mackie) dream is to play basketball, but he... Director and screenwriter Preston A. Whitmore II (THE WALKING DEAD) tells the tale of two old friends whose lives seem very different. Tech's (Anthony Mackie) dream is to play basketball, but he isn't quite right for the NBA and he can't play college ball since he served time in his senior year and is studying for the GED. Instead, he plays the occasional game in an abandoned Detroit train station and hustles players all around the city with his friend Up (Lil J.J.) for quick cash. Meanwhile, his best buddy, Cruise (Wesley Jonathan), is a talented player who has been sweet-talked by agents and left with nothing--except the realization that education is everything. He's counting on a basketball scholarship to a California university and a career in medicine--rather than his ball-playing ability--as the key to his future. Life becomes more complicated when Cruise repays a favor to Tech and puts his scholarship at risk by playing streetball on his pal's team in a game arranged by Vaughn (Wayne Brady), a former sports agent. Amazed by what he sees on the court, Vaughn is soon trying to woo Cruise with NBA promises, much to the delight of his new girlfriend, Vanessa (Eva Pigford, winner of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL), who can only see dollar signs. When the unthinkable happens, Cruise and Tech learn that they are not that different after all, and that their friendship can withstand anything. Real streetball players, including Phillip "Hot Sauce" Champion, who plays the greedy and arrogant local streetball champ, Jewelz, are used throughout the film, which features plenty of riveting action. Alecia Fears also stars as Tech's girlfriend, Eboni. [More]

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Allen Payne, Lil JJ

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Allen Payne, Lil JJ, Wayne Brady, Eva Marcille, Phillip Hot Sauce Champion

Director: Preston A. Whitmore

Director: Preston A. Whitmore
Producer: Frank Mancuso
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Even though the plot forgoes the formulaic slam-dunk, hackneyed devices, low production values, and the stilted direction (by Preston A. Whitmore II) dribble the ball off the shoe and out of bounds.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

The movie is also burdened by some amateurish acting in supporting roles, but Mackie and Jonathan are the real deal, and they get good support from Wayne Brady as a smarmy sports agent.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

A real air ball, so poorly scripted that most of the major plot developments occur offscreen.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/26/06
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

If BET made after school specials, this is what they would look like.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
09/29/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The streetball scenes, much like the plot, have a few high points but never hit their stride.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
09/23/06
Bartley Morrisroe
Bartley Morrisroe
Premiere Magazine

Writer-director Preston Whitmore II's basketball film is a well-intentioned but utterly clichéd slice of Detroit life.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/23/06
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

The inspirational sports movie cliches notwithstanding, Crossover is just bad filmmaking that does not serve either its cast or its audience well.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
09/16/06
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Here's a story that wanders all over the place with an ending that just about anybody could predict.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
09/08/06
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

The beginning of Crossover looks like a mash-up of McG's Fastlane and Wayne Brady's storied appearance on Chappelle's Show.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
09/07/06
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

I hated this movie. It’s a piece of junk.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
09/05/06
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

The movie looks as though it was edited in a Cuisinart, more concerned with frenetic cutting than coherent storytelling.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
09/05/06
Todd Jorgenson
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Despite a superb cast, Crossover dribbles slowly, with not nearly enough time on the basketball court.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/04/06
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com

The budget appears to have been blown entirely on a single yellow motorcycle and team uniforms for the underground streetball games that are the film's raison d'être.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/02/06
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
E! Online

An end-of-summer throwaway that resembles last year's Supercross in its naked ineptitude and willingness to cut corners at every turn.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/02/06
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

Much as they would like it to, basketball can't save the youthful inner-city players here. Nor does the ultra-fast-paced street version of the sport save this movie from predictability and tedium.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
09/01/06
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

The Annapolis of basketball movies... The movie bounces from scene to scene like some sort of round rubbery sphere.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
09/01/06
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

Just a few more tweaks and Crossover could have been something special -- a truly terrible movie to savor for the ages. But nooo, this street ball movie has to settle for middle-of-the-road badness.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/01/06
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

Detroit-born independent filmmaker Preston A. Whitmore II's astonishingly inept drama revolves around the high-stakes world of streetball and the efforts of two teenagers to resist its flash and cash temptations.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/01/06
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

You can't blame Crossover for being comfortable with its own clichés. It's so blatantly formulaic that it actually grows on you if you don't dismiss it in the first five minutes.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
09/01/06
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

Crossover has one redeeming quality: a heart that's in the right place. It's a bad movie with a good message -- but does anyone really want to pay $10 for an ABC After School Special version of He Got Game?

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/01/06
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
 
 
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