Peter Bradshaw 

Juwanna Mann

Peter Bradshaw: It's actually not that bad, with a fairly easy swing to it
  
  


Some like it lukewarm in this tale of ego-tripping basketball star Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A Núñez Jr) who gets banned from the game for macho antics such as throwing his jockstrap into the crowd. So he's forced to disguise himself as a woman called Juwanna Mann - geddit? - to play for the all-female Charlotte Banshees. There's some very familiar look-but-can't-touch comedy in the ladies' locker room and, of course, Jamal falls in love with fellow player Michelle (Vivica A Fox). It's actually not that bad, with a fairly easy swing to it; Tommy Davidson has the role Joe E Brown played for Billy Wilder, the absurd suitor who falls in love with the man in drag. It's not as attractive as the Spike Lee-produced comedy of a couple of years ago, Love and Basketball. But it's amiable enough.

 

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