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.
Acting
Michael Shannon's court meltdown belongs in a museum
Acting
Taylor John Smith's quiet desperation breaks your heart
Direction
Freundlich makes basketball feel claustrophobic, not triumphant
Director
Bart Freundlich
Taylor John Smith
Anthony Keller
Carla Gugino
Jenny Keller
Zazie Beetz
Victoria
Michael Shannon
Lee Keller
Chris Bauer
Charlie
Jessica Rothe
Lola
Jake Choi
Gil
Cindy Cheung
Doc
Christopher Meyer
Hakim
Seth Barrish
Mr. Wilson
Richard Kohnke
Billy Dunn
John Douglas Thompson
Socrates
Noah Le Gros
Oliver
Ralph Rodriguez
Team Manager Ralphy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Taylor John Smith trained with a former D1 player for months but still insisted on doing his own missed free throws.
The film quietly interrogates how we mythologize 'sacrifice' in sports families while ignoring the mothers who actually hold everything together. Jenny's barely-there storyline is the point.
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