He Got Game Critic Reviews

Lee uses visual imagination to lift his material into the realms of hopes and dreams.Read the full review

As is often the case with Lee, though, the film left me wishing for even more scenes of casual intimacy, still the most powerful way to carry any message.Read the full review

Basketball, bold urban landscapes, larger-than-life characters and red-hot visual pyrotechnics are the strong points of Mr. Lee's biggest three-ring circus, not to mention the central presence of Denzel Washington.Read the full review

He Got Game seems to cheer for integrity, honesty and hard work while playing up its own cheap thrills. Read the full review

This is essentially a familiar story told with consummate skill.Read the full review

Uneven, ludicrous, but--oh man!--fun to watch.Read the full review

Lacking the moral indignation, outrage and militant politics that marked Lee's earlier work, this vibrantly colorful film is a tad too soft at the center, and arguably the director's most mainstream movie.Read the full review

He got too much movie. That's the scoring total on Spike Lee's He Got Game, which ultimately must be judged a mild disappointment.Read the full review

The problem, sadly, is that the whole amounts to less than the sum of its parts.Read the full review