Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008) by Grant C — 23 Jan 2009

Good fun about the suburbian chinese-american situation. Loved it!

This review of Ping Pong Playa (2008) was written by Grant C on 23 Jan 2009.

Ping Pong Playa has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Ping Pong Playa

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Kendal K (100) on 21 Nov 2013

The portrayal of a Chinese American acting out as an African American is one of the funniest things you may see on screen…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By D M (564) on 29 Sep 2009

Had it's moments, requires a more ethical taste to fully this movie…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Jonathan P (1,108) on 13 Mar 2010

Its a good kids movie with a PG-13 sense of humor. its not necessarily humor that I find funny, but there definitely is some clever undertones…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Todd L (480) on 24 Apr 2010

The idea of a unmotivated asian-american who loves basketball but has to help his family by winning a ping pong championship is certainly an…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Dan B (1,694) on 12 Mar 2013

A funny comedy about ping pong. There have been a few other films about ping pong and such but this is probably the best…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Matt G (2,017) on 28 Sep 2014

I thought it was weird in the trailers that a Chinese actor was talking gangster, which got me worried that it might not be funny…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Ole J (381) on 25 Jan 2010

This has its funny moment, but the main charcter is really anoying most of the time, only when the ping pong is really beginning its good (off…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Leo Goldsmith (118) for indieWire (3,631) on 07 Aug 2009

Mostly a little shrewder about stereotypes than your typical slacker comedy, deriving its edge from Yu and Tsai's mining of the cultural specificity…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Sam C (1,031) on 07 Sep 2013

A funny, enjoyable comedy that doesn't take too many risks, but still ends up being entertaining, despite somewhat following a formula…

Read Review

Review of Ping Pong Playa (2008)

By Imad S (27) on 30 Jul 2009

This was a fun little quirky comedy. I really loved the well placed bouncing basketball sound effects over each of the swears…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Amelia (2009)

By Michelle Orange (458) for Movieline (883) on 22 Oct 2009

Every scene is glazed with a kind of Cheez Whiz glow…

Read Review

Review of Deep Impact (1998)

By Brian Webster (658) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 01 Jan 2000

Somehow it works. Perhaps it's the balance that's struck between human heroism and the overwhelming power of nature…

Read Review

Review of Linha de Passe (2008)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 18 Sep 2008

When a film strives this hard to be non-controversial and fashionably non-judgmental, it takes a lot of the sting out of its social comment…

Read Review

Review of Against the Ropes (2004)

By Bart & (242) on 09 Jan 2010

Bad film... Meg Ryan is always beautiful but this film is horrible…

Read Review

Review of Green Street Hooligans (2005)

By Economistbr (6) on 04 Aug 2007

The is only fun if for those that have fantasies about gang violence or for those that enjoy gang culture…

Read Review

Review of The Black Balloon (2008)

By Caitlin A (63) on 26 Jul 2011

We could not make it through this movie. I don't want to go into details but um, its graphic nature was unsettling…

Read Review

Review of K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

By Charlie M (417) on 12 Jun 2016

Action pic about Russian submarine is poorly acted, scripted and directed. It's a Crimson Tide ripoff…

Read Review

Review of The Karate Kid Part II (1986)

By Justin S (1,191) on 17 Aug 2017

Ah non, pas encore ... et que dire des batailles vraiment très fake !! Non, pas pour moi…

Read Review

Review of Orgazmo (1998)

By Joelc. (9) on 15 Jul 2007

I loved Team America, and I like South Park. Baseketball is also decent. But this didn't make me laugh at all…

Read Review

Review of Wayne's World (1992)

By Broyax (884) on 07 Apr 2019

Dans la famille des sous-comédies dont on ne se servirait même par pour faire reluire la cuvette des chiottes, je voudrais Wayne's World…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Ping Pong Playa

2008

59%171 Reviews

Underworld

1937

63%620 Reviews

Blast from the Past

1999

64%536 Reviews

GoodFellas

1990

89%962 Reviews

The Interview

2014

57%916 Reviews

La Dolce Vita

1960

85%589 Reviews

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

2022

74%52 Reviews

Alleluia

2014

61%27 Reviews

Ralph Breaks the Internet

2018

68%857 Reviews

Annabelle: Creation

2017

65%1,042 Reviews