Ginuwine, Kevin Pollak, Kim Wayans

Juwanna Mann is aware of its own lack of originality, and it doesn't care--and that makes this routine comedy easy to enjoy, if not admire. It's Tootsie on the basketball court, dribblin...( read more  read more... )g over the same sexual-identity jokes, and pushing inevitably toward the same life lessons, this time learned by spoiled hoop star Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Nunez), who is ejected from the NBA, loses everything, and gains it back by posing as the vivaciously female "Juwanna Mann" in the "WUBA" basketball league. Utterly predictable high jinks ensue: Jamal in the ladies' shower; Jamal falling for his lovely team captain (Vivica A. Fox); Jamal fending off a lusty rapper (Tommy Davis, stealing the show)... and so on. If you like falling dominoes, you'll like this movie: it's played for easy laughs, it's relatively painless compared to, say, a Rob Schneider comedy, and it gets the job done. It's no slam dunk, but its fouls are excusable. --Jeff Shannon

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PG-13, 91 min.

Directed by: Jesse Vaughan

Release Date: June 18, 2002

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DVD Release Date: November 19, 2002

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  • February 12, 2007
    Ju don't Wanna waste your money on this!
  • December 31, 2006
    Pretty good movie.
  • February 4, 2008
    Hilarious! Miguel A. Nunez Jr. is fantastic. This movie leaves you laughing hard. Ginuwine does a guest appearance, a pretty interesting role.
  • September 30, 2009
    una pelicula muy cómica
  • August 11, 2009
    This movie is freakin funny
  • July 23, 2009
    I can't stop laughing juwanna is cool,.,
    very funny..,.,
  • May 22, 2009
    naturally, this movie's really bad
  • May 17, 2009
    this was a pretty good movie..
  • December 8, 2008
    it wasa very funny movie=D!!!=D
  • November 21, 2008
    A basketball player in drag is definitely "Tootsie" in the WNBA: "Juwanna Mann".

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June 21, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I can't recommend Juwanna Mann and yet I admire the pluck of the actors, especially Nunez, Fox and Tommy Davidson. full review

June 21, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

A sloppy, amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise. full review

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