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The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #16. Rebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat”

 The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #16. Rebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat”
Rebound The Legend of Earl The Goat

Our second movie title related to Rebounding. A made for HBO home movie. Our second bio pic after Hank Gathers and third based on true events after Believe in Me. Movie starts with Kareem saying the best player he ever faced was "The Goat". Don Cheadle plays the titular character who starts as many do with so much promise, but then turns to drugs when things go sour. Forest Whitaker's character sees The Goat play on the playground against some much older kids and coaches him up through life for a bit before passing. He gets a rotten shake from a teacher who wants him to play track but Earl refuses. Then Cheadle's character gets sent to a small reform school of sorts ran by James Earl Jones. He never sees the college court in the movie as Earl gets suspended almost immediately. Earl does some jail time and almost dies from OD. I had to google the man in the middle of the movie and spoiled some things. It has a positive message. I liked the second half much better than the first. Earl has to go get his playground back from his dealer in a powerful scene. Supposedly a very high jumper. Eriq La Salle directed this as one of his first projects (and mostly just directed TV after). He had bit parts in Logan, One Hour Photo, Jacob's Ladder, Coming to America. Again a bit difference between myself and the internet scores. Kevin Garnett plays Wilt Chamberlain. I wouldn't watch it again, but I appreciated the James Earl Jones appearance and the ending.

Movie Rotten Tom Rotten Tom Aud IMDB   Internet Rank My Rank
16. Rebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat” 50 94 7.6 6 27
17. Inside Moves 50 77 7.0 19 16
18. Hoop Dreams 98 92 8.3 2 35
19. Uncle Drew 61 48 5.7 32 6
20. Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story 50 99 6.9 11 28
21. The Winning Season 50 55 6.6 26 15
22. Fast Break 50 59 6.1 30 13
23. Believe in Me 60 74 7.0 16 29
24. High Flying Bird 91 50 6.2 20 26
25. "O" 64 58 6.1 22 25
26. Forget Paris 48 56 6.5 29 19
27. Sunset Park 13 83 5.9 31 21
28. Game Day 50 82 5.4 25 30
29. Blue Chips 37 51 6.2 33 23
30. Amateur 60 66 5.9 24 32
31. The Air Up There 21 35 5.5 38 20
32. Space Jam 43 63 6.5 27 31
33. Semi-Pro 22 38 5.8 36 24
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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