Juwanna Mann
A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a woman and joins the WUBA.
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- Cast:
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. , Vivica A. Fox , Kevin Pollak , Tommy Davidson , Ginuwine , Lil' Kim , Muggsy Bogues
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best movie i've ever seen.
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
This could be one of the worst and most stupid movies I've ever seen. It is so stupid, cliché and badly written that it's nearly impossible to sit through. Plus it has Lil Kim PLAYING A MODEL!! That's enough even for me. I mean I can sit through a bad movie if it has something (anything!) in it. I even survived "The Island of The Dead" (which was so bad that it was actually funny at times). But this is just bad and it isn't funny though it's a comedy! That should be punishable "The horror, the horror..."PS. I can't understand what Vivica Fox is doing here? She seems to be taking every role they give her.
This might have been the worst movie I have ever seen. I wanted to give it a two out of ten simply because he was watching "Sanford and Son" at one point, but I just couldn't bring myself to give it any better than a one. Even if you just try to sit back and laugh, not analyze or look for plot holes, you won't be able to, it's just not funny. There were one or two things that were amusing (at best), but they were lost in all the unfunniness of the rest of the movie. Sometimes you sit there with an expectant smile on your face because you can see that a particular situation is going to have a funny conclusion, then the conclusion comes and they blow it, it's not funny and you are left disappointed. Eventually you learn to not expect anything good.This movie is an insult to the intelligence and integrity of the movie watching public. From the stupidest most immature movie watcher, to the most distinguished and intelligent, Juwanna Mann is an insult. It's that bad.
OK.... so it's a cute movie... It's more than just predictable and some of the jokes are expected. Over all, it has some funny moments and some cute parts... Having former cast members of "Mad TV", "In Living Color" and other funny shows works.... Vivica Fox plays the love vixen very well, but she's shown as being too dumb and too blind to the antics of her man - Romeo.The move was very well cast and plays very well.... I just wonder if everybody really is THAT stupid to realize that he's a she.... He's just a bit obvious - but he plays it well and Juwanna's accent is convincing. I just wonder how his wig stays on so well.
The material, gender-twisted camp sports movie, is astonishing, but may be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to realize well. A major problem of Juwanna Mann is that unwisely blended fantasy and reality lead the audience to an absurd confusion. If it took place in a perfectly fictitious setting, it could be more persuasive. But the setting obviously refers to the NBA and the WNBA in the real world, and even an average fan can tell what is described in the film is far different from the reality. Also, a moral-learning in coming-of-age manner of a pro star athlete with an arrested development seems forcedly contrived and looks unnatural. Finally, as an enthusiastic WNBA fan myself, I don't appreciate the filmmakers' lack of knowledge in and respect to women's sports.Overall, the film is all about the superb but raw idea, which is not executed well.