The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #34 Heaven Is a Playground
According to IMDB, Michael Jordan was supposed to star and instead tried suing him when the movie failed. Jordan instead countersued. So this is probably the only movie on this list that paid Mike and he didn't star in. Instead some NBA talent show up in the likes of Hakeem Olajuwon, Bo Kimble, Kendall Gill. I did recognize D.B. Sweeney from Spawn as he has some charisma to him. He gets threatened at the beginning of the movie but eventually becomes a coach/player to what I can only describe as a pick up court downtown. Supposedly it was a good book. I couldn't say much about the plot other than there was a potential star recruit that these adults were trying to protect. Our second Cylk Cozart appearance on this list, though I already can't remember who he played. Looks like my score differs even more from the Rotten Tomatoes audience score here compared to Hurricane Season. There was a neat one on one showdown at the end between the talented kid and could have been star player. I watched it for free somewhere, seemed low budget. It did interest me more than Hurricane Season, but not by much.
Movie | Rotten Tom | Rotten Tom Aud | IMDB | Internet Rank | My Rank |
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34. Heaven Is a Playground | 50 | 84 | 5.8 | 21 | 39 |
35. Hurricane Season | 50 | 69 | 6.5 | 23 | 38 |
36. Teen Wolf | 42 | 52 | 6.1 | 34 | 34 |
37. Boogie | 42 | 57 | 5.2 | 35 | 36 |
38. Rebound | 14 | 38 | 5.1 | 40 | 33 |
39. Slam Dunk Ernest | 50 | 31 | 4.5 | 37 | 37 |
40. Eddie | 17 | 36 | 5.2 | 39 | 40 |
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