Boogie

2021

Action / Drama / Sport

29
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 80 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 2678 2.7K

new york city basketball coming of age new york

Plot summary

Alfred “Boogie” Chin is a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.

Director

Eddie Huang Photo
Eddie Huang

Top cast

Eddie Huang Photo
Eddie Huang as Jackie
Taylour Paige Photo
Taylour Paige as Eleanor
Claire Hsu Photo
Claire Hsu as Young Mrs Chin
Domenick Lombardozzi Photo
Domenick Lombardozzi as Coach Hawkins
720p.BluRay 720p.WEB 1080p.BluRay 1080p.WEB
825.31 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 3
827.72 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds ...
1.66 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 2
1.66 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Mary_Crewe 6 / 10

Things I have not seen before....

Reviewed by sheriefryan 5 / 10

Definitely had its moments, but shallowness of the plotline made the film end up being average.

I was excited to see this film, what attracted it to me was seeing Pop Smoke on the trailer but learning the story and seeing how climatic the trailer was especially about the story and the life of a Basketball player challenging Asian stereotypes to be just mathematicians or restaurant owners etc... and actually taking up a sport mostly dominated in America by anyone but Asians. I especially enjoyed seeing a contemporary Asian narrative (in this case, Chinese) because of their underrepresentation in the media. On the one hand I really liked Boogie's father who was hard and tough on Boogie but was always supportive, despite the challenges he is facing as a father and a husband, while being on parole. I love the support he showed towards his son. However I feel like the rivalry between Monk and Boogie should have been explored better, especially considering how they have both been with the same woman, Boogie's challenges knowing that the one person who he sees as a threat especially in the sport which is mostly his entire livelihood has laid with the person he loves. And also the girlfriend showing her independence and taking the step to make sure that their relationship doesn't fall apart. Monk barely appeared in the story, and could have played more of a prominent role altogether. All of this was filmed months before Pop Smoke passed away, so there is no excuse.
Read more IMDb reviews

14 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment