Sunset Park

Sunset Park (1996)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (4,212 ratings)

A Jewish high school teacher, Phyllis Saroka (Rhea Perlman), steps in to take on the thankless job of coaching the school's inept basketball team, which is filled with ne'er-do-wells from the slums. She takes the job to get extra money to fulfill her dream of opening a restaurant on the Caribbean… More

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By
Steve Gomer
Written By
Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 26, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Jul 9, 2002
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

    The camera fails to capture the basketball action to its best advantage, and it really isn't explained how the players become so talented so quickly.

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  • danny d


    this was a decent watch but very typical. basically the same film that youve seen a dozen times.

  • Leo L


    A favorite.

  • Chosen 7


    Good film.

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