Crossover
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: September 1, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
12
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50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The reason basketball is such a great spectator sport isn't because of its opportunities for razzle-dazzle editing and direction. It's because the game is kinetic enough without all that swoosh/zap/wham business. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNathan Lee
A decent example of Sidekick Cinema: a movie to glance up at from time to time while you download ring tones or text-message your friends. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
While director-screenwriter Preston A. Whitmore II's film is to be admired for its proponing the values of a higher education over the dream of a career in the NBA, its dialogue, characterizations and situations rarely transcend the level of cliche. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
A film made by people with more heart than skill. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
Crossover skimps on court-level pyrotechnics (we get a game in the beginning and, of course, a big game at the end, and that's about it) in favor of dry urban melodrama. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
As they pursue their goals, no movie cliché is left unturned. The streetball scenes offer some nifty trick plays, but the rest of Crossover features poorly dressed sets, cheap-looking costumes and locations, and silly histrionics. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
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. Read full review
38
PremiereBartley Morrisroe
The streetball scenes, much like the plot, have a few high points but never hit their stride. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
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. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
So badly conceived and executed, its good intentions don't help. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Earnest and predictable, Crossover deserves more than the horselaughs that will probably greet it in theaters -- but not a lot more. The movie is harmless, which is both its strength and its weakness. Read full review
38
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Astonishingly inept drama. Read full review
30
VarietyRobert Koehler
Overshadowed by vastly superior sports movies like Invincible and hardly disguising its low-budget sources, pic isn't in any kind of shape for the theatrical leagues. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
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"? Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
A vast disappointment. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Crossover doesn't have the competence to make it exciting or the desire to explore what's really at stake for these players. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Tries hard but never makes the leap. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A real air ball, this lethargic drama by Preston A. Whitmore II is so poorly scripted that most of the major plot developments occur offscreen. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle Smith
The entire movie seems to have about the same budget as a 30-second sneaker commercial. I'm not talking Nike, either. I'm talking a commercial for Steve's Second-Hand Sneaker World and Falafel Emporium that you'd see on NY1 News at 3:08 a.m. Read full review
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