A Reel Life film section
Issue: 2008
Ping Pong Playa movie review
A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead-end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes.(IMDb)
Ping Pong Playa works hard to be a Chinese-American version of a standard wants-to-be-a-sports-champion movie.
Christopher 'C-Dub' Wang comes from a Ping Pong family, but wants to play basketball instead. It's the story of a young man breaking free of his family's expectations.
Possibly of interest to those with similar cultural or sports backgrounds, but for a wider audience this film is ordinary with patches of tedium.
by Ali Kayn | |
Just the facts:Title: Ping Pong Playa (2008) The Players: Official website: IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. |