Coming-of-age story of Alfred "Boogie" Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA.
Writer-director Eddie Huang gives this culture-clash basketball drama, about a Chinese American prep star (Taylor Takahashi) with scholarship aspirations, an authentic and gritty docudrama look. Alas, there's no overcoming the film's fundamental lack of understanding about how the sport and the recruiting game work. - Two stars