Juwanna Mann
Juwanna Mann
PG-13 | 21 June 2002 (USA)
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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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Golden_Erudite

In my opinion, the best scene is massage parlor. Juwanna and his friend goes to the massage parlor. Friend gets beautiful woman, but Juwanna Mann gets bald fat man. It was funny. I was looking for the scene many years ago, but I didn't know that it's the movie. The movie is very funny and hilarious.

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FilmCriticBoy

This is a comedy about a basketball player who dresses into a woman and fall in love in his team mate.Is this movie a masterpiece?Definitely no.Is this movie predictable?Definitely yes.But that's not the problem.This is an average comedy,you will enjoy it if you do not take it too serious.It has some fun moments,and it is not that bad movie.Kevin Pollack is a great in the role of Juwanna's manager,the direction is decent,and it is a light-hearted funny movie good for Sunday evening entertainment.I would recommend this movie to kids who like basketball,i really think that this is a great movie for them.If you are looking unpredictable,great masterpiece then don't watch this.But I think that it is good to accuasionally watch movies of this category to relax and enjoy in the light-hearted story.

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bettiem

Jamal Martin is a loud-mouth, arrogant basketball star who istossed from the League. In desperation to play, he pretends to beJuwanna, Mann, a woman basketball player. The women on theteam are all good actresses and very convincing. Jamal asJuwanna is played very well. There are some crude moments andsexual innuendo, but it is basically good clean fun with thephonies exposed and the good people coming out on top. Irreminded me of "Tootsie" where another desperate man (DustinHoffman) has to play a woman in order to find a job. I give it a 6 forcreative imagination.

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jazzest

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.

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