

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Acting
Denzel's most underrated performance—desperate, manipulative, heartbreaking.
Direction
Spike's floating basketball montages are pure cinematic ecstasy.
Score
Aaron Copland meets Public Enemy shouldn't work. It absolutely does.

Director
Spike Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray Allen's nickname in the film, 'Jesus,' was his real childhood nickname from growing up in South Carolina.
Spike Lee filmed real 1998 NBA All-Star Weekend footage and got actual college coaches to play themselves—Rick Pitino's cameo hits different post-scandal.