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Juwanna Mann

Juwanna Mann

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Dumb, Silly, & Kind of Funny
Review: Juwanna Mann is one of those movies where you wonder what ...the actors and director were thinking! I could see why Nunez Jr. ran for this role seeing how he hasn't had many starring roles but Vivica Fox, Kevin Pollack and Jenifer Lewis shocked ...me. I kept wondering why in the world they were so desperate they took part in this. The film isn't that bad, actually it's very funny but that fun can't help borderline on the verge of being pathetic. Proving a cheap film can still get laughs unless you take it too seriously. If you take this film seriously you're in trouble. The film has potential with the plot about a male NBA star getting kicked out of the NBA. He cooks up a master plot of going drag and playing women's pro ball in hopes the NBA will see what they are missing. From there we have the typical " Tootsie ". Juwanna falls for Vivica A. Fox, a teammate. Kevin Pollack plays the slimy agent who will do anything to make a buck. Singer Ginuwine has a small role as Romeo, Vivica's cheating boyfriend and Tommy Davidson plays Puff Smokey Smoke, the man whose heart is stolen by Juwanna who he nicknames ( one tall glass of water ). Surprisingly Tommy was the funniest character in the film. You never knew what he would do next and I hoped there would be more scenes with him and Juwanna. The basketball scenes ran too long and could have included more comedy. The film was very short but that was probably a blessing in this case. All in all the actors are talented and pull off this bad script well. But it's nothing that they should include on any resume list. In fact they should all forget they made this film and move on.

One last thing, Lil' Kim was in it. Take that any way you like.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Dumb, Silly, & Kind of Funny
Review: Juwanna Mann is one of those movies where you wonder what the heck the actors and director were thinking! I could see why Nunez Jr. ran for this role seeing how he hasn't had many starring roles but Vivica Fox, Kevin Pollack and Jenifer Lewis shocked the heck out of me. I kept wondering why in the world they were so desperate they took part in this. The film isn't that bad, actually it's very funny but that fun can't help borderline on the verge of being pathetic. Proving a cheap film can still get laughs unless you take it too seriously. If you take this film seriously you're in trouble. The film has potential with the plot about a male NBA star getting kicked out of the NBA. He cooks up a master plot of going drag and playing women's pro ball in hopes the NBA will see what they are missing. From there we have the typical " Tootsie ". Juwanna falls for Vivica A. Fox, a teammate. Kevin Pollack plays the slimy agent who will do anything to make a buck. Singer Ginuwine has a small role as Romeo, Vivica's cheating boyfriend and Tommy Davidson plays Puff Smokey Smoke, the man who's heart is stolen by Juwanna who he nicknames ( one tall glass of water ). Surprisingly Tommy was the funniest character in the film. You never knew what he would do next and I hoped there would be more scenes with him and Juwanna. The basketball scenes ran too long and could have included more comedy. The film was very short but that was probably a blessing in this case. All in all the actors are talented and pull off this bad script well. But it's nothing that they should include on any resume list. In fact they should all forget they made this film and move on.

One last thing, Lil' Kim was in it. Take that any way you like.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Juwanna Mann Review
Review: Juwanna Mann was full of laughs from the start to finish! Miguel A. Nunez Jr.(Jamal Jefferies/Juwanna Mann) handeled the role of playing both a man and a woman exceptionally well. Singer/Actor Ginuwine(Romeo)played his role as Vivica Foxx's(Michelle)boyfriend with great ease. Ginuwine has the talent,looks,and body to fit his character Romeo. Being that he is still new to the movie world he seemed to work with and play his character well. I will definetly look forward to seeing R&Bs sensation Ginuwine in more movies.I was so excited to see Ginuwine on the big screen again. Tommy Davidson (Puff Smokey Smoke) also made this movie worth wathcing. He brought a lot of comedy to this film. Vivica Foxx seemed to get in touched with her characters feelings. She got around to being the character well. Lil' Kim played a small role, but she played her role as a golddigger very well. They couldn't have chose somebody better! I have to say that Jesse Vaughan did a great job and all the others who were involved in this film! I really enjoyed this film!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Juwanna Mann was hilarious. Its about pro baller Jamal Jefferies who has a fiery attitude. After he loses it in a game, he is kicked out of the league. He wants to play basketball so bad that he poses as a woman so he can play in the woman's pro league and along the way becomes a better person. Miguel A. Nunez Jr. was great, I dont know why he is not in more movies, he is just as funny as Eddie Murphy. Kim Wayans was also very funny, but Tommy Davidson was the best. His voice for Puff Smokey Smoke cracked me up every time he talked. This movielooks kinda stupid, but it is as funny as the next movie you will see.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Never forget where you come from
Review: Juwanna Mann was very funny. I have a 10 year old godson that hardly every laughs, but when i took him to see juwanna mann he really like the movie. It brought tears too my eyes to see him laugh for a change.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Classic Rasheed Wallace Cameo
Review: Marginal movie at best. I knew it was going to be dumb, but I watched it anyway. I don't know how anyone can really be upset about this movie, if you read the back of the box you know exactly what to expect. Gender/Racial stereotypes are the driving force behind the humor and, as usual, these don't add a whole lot of value to the movie. I thought the Rasheed Wallace cameo was surprising and funny, but the movie overall is fairly predictable. Rent it if you want to switch your brain off for approximately 91 minutes, but don't expect it to win any retroactive awards.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: not good enough for the clippers???
Review: Think about it people, this is a movie about somebody who isn't good enough to play on the worst nba team... so what does he do? he dresses in DRAG in order to play on a woman's basketball team. seriously pathetic. this movie is shameful to anybody and whoever sees it should be punched and/or kicked square in the teeth.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Better than anticipated.
Review: This film was one that I at first hesitated to see but was quite impressed when I did. I think Miguel Nunez Jr.(not Orlando Jones) was very funny in this comedy film. Vivica Fox was as lovely as always. In order to see this kind of movie one must come with an open mind and understand it's something not to be taken too seriously. I have to say I'm happy to see Miguel Nunez getting more work and recognition than usual. He's truly a very talented actor and hopefully we'll see more of him. I have to say that I'm a little disappointed that so far there's no soundtrack for the film. It has great music in it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The only good that comes out of this film is Orlando Jones
Review: This is a recycled film with a recyycled plot and jokes, bad ones at that. I like Orlando Jones, but this film is still below par. A basketball player that is too bad to be on the clippers and pretends like he's a girl? Trust me, its not fun nor entertaining.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Reasonably funny comedy if you don't expect too much
Review: This is good for some laughs and has a heart-warming story in a rather low-key way. But it will disappoint some. Pared-down to a PG-13 rating for whatever purpose, it seems a movie more suited for R-status. Those hoping for nude scenes in obvious places will be disappointed, for example. And gender bending issues are treated neither with aiming for depth or with the zaniest humorous effects, though they work somewhat more in the latter sense. Still for undemanding viewers it isn't the worst way to spend an hour and a half.


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