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A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 36%, Metacritic 46/100. Most of the 6,710 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to derail his dreams both on and off the court.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic46/100
72 audience votes
Key crew
- Bart FreundlichDirector
- Bart FreundlichWriter
- David BridieOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Taylor John SmithAnthony Keller
- Carla GuginoJenny Keller
- Zazie BeetzVictoria
- Michael ShannonLee Keller
- Chris BauerCharlie
- Jessica RotheLola
- Jake ChoiGil
- Cindy CheungDoc
- Christopher MeyerHakim
- Seth BarrishMr. Wilson
- Danny HochSean
- Richard KohnkeBilly Dunn
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Themes
new york citybasketballcoachmanhattan, new york citygambling addictionstudent athleteemotional breakdownsports pressureacademic struggledysfunctional parentsmanipulative fathertoxic family bond