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The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #19. Uncle Drew

 The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #19. Uncle Drew
Uncle Drew

It's made for basketball fans even if it has a mostly predictable story. Not the best comedy on this list but I was quite surprised by it. Plot is about a coach who wants to win a street ball tournament and when his team abandons him, he falls in with some 'old' players. It looks like they had fun making this and it comes through the screen. Does it hit every beat, no. But it was quite entertaining. The director did Drumline which I haven't watched but I have experienced Mr. 3000 a couple times, and in many ways it's quite like that but it's also better. It tries to do something ridiculous and funny but still have a heart. Now for the cast. The old basketball players, Shaq, Kyrie Irving, Reggie Miller, Chris Webber, Nate Robinson and Lisa Leslie. Nick Kroll is really funny to me here, he is so over the top he is more like a cartoon. Erica Ash does a good job as the love interest. I have witnessed Lil Rel Howery in a few things now: Get Out, Free Guy, Tag. The jokes and trivia here are way beyond what is worth listing that isn't elsewhere on the net (do people say net still, web, internet?). I almost skipped this one, it really didn't sound like something that I would be interested in. Never watched the old clips/videos/series. My highest rank yet, and it has a positive RT score, but the audience score and IMDB score imply that I'm over praising it. 
 
Movie Rotten Tom Rotten Tom Aud IMDB   Internet Rank My Rank
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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