However, a guy named Jordan Hulls currently plays pro basketball in Germany. For a minute I actually wondered if Jordan Hull, who plays Stanley and Teresa’s crafty daughter, was a WNBA player herself.
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The movie’s got a nearly two-hour running time, and let me tell you, the roster of NBA players and luminaries who appear as themselves or in character roles that end the movie is pretty long. If you’re not a fan, you might feel a little lost. And its sense of atmosphere, and depiction of Stanley’s milieu, is sensitive and knowing, But be warned: this movie is VERY basketball-oriented. If “Hustle” passes around a lot of sports movie cliches, it does so with a light touch. The solution to one of Bo’s problems is very 21st century, combined with the clout to book all-star cameos-Stanley’s daughter Alex, who’s looking to go to film school, contrives to make some viral video of Bo in action, introduced by Julius “Dr. You could call this a process film with twists-and of course with a feel-good conclusion. When DJay speaks, in the smokiest of smoky drawls, the words come out slowly, sliding into each other, the cadences fused in a lyrical back-porch whisper a barely perceptible form of intimidation. Once Bo reaches a certain goal Stanley even exclaims “Yeah, Rocky!”īo and Stanley find themselves at the receiving end of a spiteful betrayal just as Bo is slated to show the basketball world what he’s got.
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Putting his family’s life on the line-fortunately his wife and teen daughter believe in him-he works at sanding down Bo’s rough edges, doing stair runs in the wilds of South Philly, and teaching Bo how to handle trash talk, which proves a rather persistent issue. Vince is resistant, Stanley brings the player to the States anyway, and is soon freelance.Īt this point, the movie, directed by Jeremiah Zagar, turns into a variation of “Rocky” had it been told from the point of view of coach Mickey Goldmill ( Burgess Meredith). Bo Cruz ( Juancho Hernangomez, a real-life player currently with the Utah Jazz), a tall drink of water with a lot of raw talent, a bit of a temper, and as we learn later, a rap sheet.
In Spain he sees a local player who’s got the stuff. Hanging on to a dream? “Guys in their fifties don’t have dreams,” he says. In Mallorca, Spain, Stanley is entertained by an old friend who wants him to become an agent. Rex passes away, Vince takes over, and the twerp demotes Stanley, instructing him he can get the coaching gig back if he goes back on the road and finds a missing piece.
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Rex notices this before awarding Stanley a coveted assistant coach job. Rex’s son Vince ( Ben Foster, bearded and head shaven, signaling a real lack of vanity, as he looks appropriately ridiculous) wants the guy, and Stanley backs down. As you now know, of course, Hustle & Flow starred Terrence Howard as Djay, a Memphis pimp/aspiring rapper, and Henson as. With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee. At a meeting with the team owner Rex Merrick ( Robert Duvall), Stanley strongly urges not signing a German player. Stanley feeling bad about himself is more subtext than text in Sandler’s disciplined, low-key portrayal.
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