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Juwanna Mann

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Juwanna Mann (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 80 Fresh: 7  Rotten:73 Average Rating: 3.2/10
 
Consensus: With its tired premise, Juwanna Mann's jokes fall flat.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Synopsis: Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Nunez, Jr.) is the star player for pro basketball team the Charlotte Beat, until his out-of-control behavior gets him fired, and no other team will take him. Soon his swanky mansion is being repossessed and he's stuck carrying groceries for his Aunt Ruby. Then he hits... Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Nunez, Jr.) is the star player for pro basketball team the Charlotte Beat, until his out-of-control behavior gets him fired, and no other team will take him. Soon his swanky mansion is being repossessed and he's stuck carrying groceries for his Aunt Ruby. Then he hits on an idea crazy enough to work: He disguises himself as a woman, dubbed Juwanna Mann, and with the unwitting help of his long-suffering agent (Kevin Pollack) lands a contract with the WNBA Charlotte Banshees. At first it's just a chance to flaunt his skills, but soon Jamal is learning the value of teamwork, especially after he falls head over heels for Banshee captain Michelle (Vivica Fox). The film relies on a colorful string of familiar cliches, but they succeed because of its witty script and winning cast. Of particular note are IN LIVING COLOR alumni Kim Wayans as a shy lesbian and Tommy Davidson as the gold-teeth-flashing Puff Smokey Smoke, who falls for Juwanna. R&B crooner Ginuwine is Puff's honey smooth pal Romeo, who is two-timing Michelle. WNBA stars such as Teresa Witherspoon appear as themselves. JUWANNA MANN is the first feature film for music video director Jesse Vaughan. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Miguel A. Nunez, Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans

Director: Jesse Vaughan
Screenwriter: Bradley Allenstein
Producer: James G. Robinson, Bill Gerber, Steve Oedekerk
Composer: Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 11, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Jesse Vaughn - Director, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. - Star
  • 2. Tommy Davidon - Star
  • Featurettes (2)
  • Extended Scenes
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Music Video - 1. "What's Love?" by Fat Joe featuring Ashanti
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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2/5

As limp as it is lazy.

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12/30/06
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine
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An unpersuasive moral journey, with a smattering of laughs, that fails to justify the insulting premise that only a man can help the ladies win at both basketball and love.

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02/09/06
Anna Smith
Time Out
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2/5

Some like it lukewarm in this tale.

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11/19/02
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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The referee should have cried 'foul' on this long before it hit the screens.

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10/06/02
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2/5

This mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy.

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09/23/02
Jamie Russell
BBC
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2/4

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03/10/07
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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The idea of transposing the story to the macho, greedy world of big-time sports is promising, but director Jesse Vaughan delivers only flat dialogue and predictable situations.

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02/27/07
Ted Shen
Chicago Reader
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The movie is sloppily edited, the gags limply staged, the dialogue and jokes stiff and stale. Even the action on the basketball court is unimaginative and boring.

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02/27/07
David Germain
Associated Press
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2/10

Bogus and wickedly unoriginal.

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01/15/04
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment
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4/10

...about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season.

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11/26/02
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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Vaughan brings such disregard to the film that its pedestrian on-court action might as well have been shot from the bleacher seats.

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11/18/02
Paul Malcolm
L.A. Weekly
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1.5/4

It’s hard to know what to make of a film such as this, with its implicit message that it takes men to empower women in sports.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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2.5/5

'Wouldn’t it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it’s like on the other side of the bra?'

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10/04/02
Anita Schmaltz
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
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What a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is!

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09/18/02
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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It's such a mechanical endeavor [that] it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it.

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08/22/02
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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0/5

We have given a name to our pain, and that name is Juwanna Mann.

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07/23/02
Catherine Cantieri
HoleCity.com
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I can't imagine anyone taking anything positive away from Juwanna Mann, other than the conviction that it's not a very good movie.

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07/15/02
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)
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1.5/5

Obnoxious Tootsie rip-off.

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07/11/02
Kim Linekin
eye WEEKLY
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4/5

This movie is about a man in drag, but it's far from being a drag itself.

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07/09/02
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review
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D

A Tootsie-role sports farce that's a drag in every which way.

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07/03/02
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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