Review of Crossover (2006) by Jonathan C — 19 Apr 2015

Laughably bad. I remembered I use to love this film when I was 8 years old but now when I have matured into a teenage movie reviewer. I soon realize that this movie is complete trash that 8 year old me couldn't see.

I want get through with the positives first. Ok I admit I was entertained but not in the way that the movie wanted me to be entertained. To make that statement clear, I was having a great time laughing throughout the movie.

Another positive thing is that I feel for the two main characters because of their brief backstory and their complexity of characteristics/ personalities. And the last positive thing is that the street ball sequences are well choreographed and pretty cool.

Ok now we are getting into the real juice here. The negatives are the poor directing overall. The very low budget sound editing is atrocious. The acting is pretty bad. Besides the main characters everyone else is either one dimensional or paper cut outs or even both.

Sloppy editing especially when pointless montages occurs during the halfway mark. The pacing is undetected. The music doesn't fit into scenes correctly. Shaky cam and poor lighting everywhere!!! Throw away plot that is so generic is should become a plot for a TV soap opera.

Actually, this is a soap opera but made into a movie. The movie is extremely predictable. Horrible dialogue that makes me die of laughter every time I think of it. Drama that you can care less about. All these factors drive this film down even more.

I've seen potential but was just wasted by the wrong guys for the job. I don't hate the movie I just thought it was bad to the point that you can't take it seriously. Truthfully I won't watch this film ever again in my life.

That being said I would recommend you watching this at least once for free. So you can get a huge kick out of this. Trust me this a great comedy disguised as a horrible sports drama. I want to give this film a F but I can't do it when I think of the entertaining aspect of it in the wrong way.

Basketball scenes were pretty good too bad they only had only 2 scenes. Overall, I will give the movie 'Crossover' a D- grading.