The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #24. High Flying Bird
Heard about this originally being a Soderbergh movie that was all shot on an iPhone. Mostly follows a young player and his agent in the middle of a lockout. The whole movie is about basketball though you almost don't see any. The whole thing is various conversations mostly involving the agent André Holland and the player Melvin Gregg. Zazie Beetz is lovely here as Ray's assistant and eventually Erick's girlfriend and I love me some Zachary Quinto who plays the agent's coworker/boss. Bill Duke plays a trainer. Holland's discussions and schemes eventually lead to a slightly above average ending. I didn't dislike the journey but I wouldn't see myself watching it again either. And my expectations were low being a film shot in 3 weeks on a phone, but if you give it a chance, you will know pretty quick if it will be digestible to you. The highest Rotten Tomatoes score yet, and it might be hard to beat actually for the remaining 23 movies on the list.
Movie | Rotten Tom | Rotten Tom Aud | IMDB | Internet Rank | My Rank |
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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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