MOVIE · 1998
He Got Game
CrimeDrama136 min
Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington), serving a prison sentence, is given a brief release on one condition: convince his estranged son to commit to the governor’s alma mater, and his own time could be reduced. Ray Allen is Jesus Shuttlesworth, the top high school basketball prospect in the country, pulled in every direction by recruiters, family history, and the attention that comes with being a future star. Spike Lee folds the college recruiting machine into a father-son standoff shaped by guilt, resentment, and the pressure surrounding Jesus’s next move.
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