Boogie

2021
R
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

2.6K

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From acclaimed writer, producer and restaurateur Eddie Huang comes his directorial debut BOOGIE, the coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin, 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.

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Coming-of-age story of Alfred "Boogie" Chin, 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 sc... Read allComing-of-age story of Alfred "Boogie" Chin, 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 s... Read allComing-of-age story of Alfred "Boogie" Chin, 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.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Monk
(as Bashar "Pop Smoke" Jackson)

Perry Yung

Mr. Chin

Mike Moh

Melvin

Domenick Lombardozzi

Coach Hawkins

Steve Coulter

Mr. Richmond

Jessica Huang

Fortune Teller

Eddie Huang

Uncle Jackie

Alexa Mareka

Alissa

Despot

Assistant Coach

Ren Hsieh

Young Mr. Chin

Claire Hsu

Young Mrs. Chin

Charlamagne Tha God

Patrick
(as Lenard 'CThaGOD' McKelvey)

Ac Casciani

Barracks MC
(as AC Casciani)

Ming Wu

Arthur (Dragon Team)

Director
- Eddie Huang
Writer
- Eddie Huang
All cast & crew
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2Entertainmentsparadise

Missed me like a brick!

A basketball player faces the challenges of family, love and his pursuit of NBA dreams.

The plot development isn't effective and with some questionable acting, unnecessary scenes that doesn't add to the plot nor theme. The film simply doesn't deliver a convincing story. The love story is mediocre and the issue/ antagonist isn't developed properly

The basketball scenes are decent, but there isn't much being shown.

If you enjoy basketball films, this isn't one I would recommend you add to your list. The faults outweigh the positive.

With an abrupt ending and mediocre execution of the plot, Boogie doesn't live up to any hype it was given. Decent basketball footage and some mixture of songs but the poor acting serves vital when rating this film. Issa no for me dawg.

3susanlchallis

Messy, boring, slow, not sure how I ended up at this movie

The main character was flat, boring, came across as angry, pretentious, obnoxious, and you didn't emphasize with him at all. Very little character development.

His parents? What was going on? There was the manager stepping in, touching the mom like there might be an affair, but not really sure. The parents were always angry. The lighting was always dark, I get they might be setting a tone, but it was too much... almost like they couldn't realize thered be an audience watching. Don't waste your time. Wait for it on Netflix.

3iboso64

Dreadful and dull = Dreadfully dull

The camera crew knew what they were doing. It's well-shot, I'll give it that much. The writing it bad, the direction is bad. I'm assuming Eddie Huang either has money, or knows people with money, because that's the only way slop like this gets financed. The lead is sullen, almost everyone is unappealing, and there's zero tension. Even the clichéd final game lacks any sort of suspense. It's clear that the only reason this got a theatrical release is the pandemic has made theaters desperate for product and better films still want to make some money, so they're waiting. This is filler. Wait for it to show on some streaming service, then skip it.

5tsroque

Had High Hopes

I had such high hopes for this film. I seriously don't think basketball scholarships are the #1 issue for Asian families. Would have been more believable if the parents were against Boogie's dream to play ball, but instead, Boogie was just a good player...not the best with family struggles.

7Eggoreluckadman

Good coming of age movie

Exactly what you expect in a coming of age film but with the style and substance of asian culture and director Eddie Huang's perspective. Good performances as well from the entire cast. Only issue I had was the ending felt anticlimactic and a very "Hollywood" ending