Crossover (2006)

3% of critics liked it
(63 reviews)
61% of users liked it
(101,409 ratings)

Director Preston A. Whitmore II brings the thrill of the street to the big screen with a fast-moving tale of underground basketball that proves no matter what team you play for, in the end it's all about how much game you've got. The stroke of midnight has sounded and the crowd has gathered; it's… More Director Preston A. Whitmore II brings the thrill of the street to the big screen with a fast-moving tale of underground basketball that proves no matter what team you play for, in the end it's all about how much game you've got. The stroke of midnight has sounded and the crowd has gathered; it's time for some basketball. Forget about the rules of the NBA, though, and throw those college credentials out the window because they don't mean a thing in this court. In a converted rail station, the only players who gain respect are the ones left standing when the clock hits zero, and the current champions have been standing way too tall for far too long. Now a new generation is ready to take over the top spot, and young hopefuls Tech (Anthony Mackie) and Cruise (Wesley Jonathan) are leading the charge. With everything on the line and the challenge of a lifetime before them, these too young street-ballers will be forced to out-dribble, out-shoot, and out-run their more experienced competitors in order to win the game and pave the way for the next crop of street smart shooters. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Preston A. Whitmore II
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Feb 20, 2007
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
A real air ball, so poorly scripted that most of the major plot developments occur offscreen.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I hated this movie. It's a piece of junk.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
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?
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
A lot of Crossover's manifest failings could be forgiven if the on-court action was thrilling. But Space Jam had better basketball scenes. For that matter, so did Dr. J's The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.
Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix
Even though the plot forgoes the formulaic slam-dunk, hackneyed devices, low production values, and the stilted direction (by Preston A. Whitmore II) dribble the ball off the shoe and out of bounds.
Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review
The movie is also burdened by some amateurish acting in supporting roles, but Mackie and Jonathan are the real deal, and they get good support from Wayne Brady as a smarmy sports agent.
Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media
Basketball players come of age in lame drama.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com
If BET made after school specials, this is what they would look like.
Bartley Morrisroe, Premiere Magazine
The streetball scenes, much like the plot, have a few high points but never hit their stride.
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
Writer-director Preston Whitmore II's basketball film is a well-intentioned but utterly clichéd slice of Detroit life.
Tim Cogshell, Boxoffice Magazine
The inspirational sports movie cliches notwithstanding, Crossover is just bad filmmaking that does not serve either its cast or its audience well.
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Here's a story that wanders all over the place with an ending that just about anybody could predict.
Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters
The beginning of Crossover looks like a mash-up of McG's Fastlane and Wayne Brady's storied appearance on Chappelle's Show.
Todd Jorgenson, Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
The movie looks as though it was edited in a Cuisinart, more concerned with frenetic cutting than coherent storytelling.
Michael Szymanski, Hollywood.com
Despite a superb cast, Crossover dribbles slowly, with not nearly enough time on the basketball court.
Luke Y. Thompson, E! Online
The budget appears to have been blown entirely on a single yellow motorcycle and team uniforms for the underground streetball games that are the film's raison d'être.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
An end-of-summer throwaway that resembles last year's Supercross in its naked ineptitude and willingness to cut corners at every turn.
Fred Topel, Can Magazine
The Annapolis of basketball movies... The movie bounces from scene to scene like some sort of round rubbery sphere.

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Dialogue needed to be BELIEVABLE to keep me interested whenever the performers talked.The only one that held my interest whenever he spoke was Wayne Brady (Vaughn) even though he was the sinister mind in this flick...Anthony Mackie (Tech) shining moments were brilliantly portrayed in… More
Dialogue needed to be BELIEVABLE to keep me interested whenever the performers talked.The only one that held my interest whenever he spoke was Wayne Brady (Vaughn) even though he was the sinister mind in this flick...Anthony Mackie (Tech) shining moments were brilliantly portrayed in this movie...and the basketball moves were slickly portrayed. I liked this flick. Add another star if you are a Holcombe Rucker Park streetball fan ( NYC )!