
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteYu has a good time making fun of white people, in particular a pair of rival ping-pong teachers who seem inspired by the gay villains in the Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever." |
| Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweTsai, who co-wrote the script with Yu, pulls out all the stops with his C-dub role, brimming with witty send-ups of Chinese-American cultural values and Asian stereotypes. |
| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsA transparent romance/sports flick whose predictability is easily trumped by the refreshingly appealing parade of well-developed, Asian-American characters who make the movie enjoyable by turning an array of common cinematic stereotypes on their heads. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA fleet-footed, featherweight comedy riddled with cliches, but nonetheless charming and winning. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonA mostly amusing, appealing family comedy about going from pretender to contender, in life as well as pingpong. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael EspositoCharming despite requisite training sequences and a cartoonishly evil opponent. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeA good, clean, fun comedy that uses a table tennis championship to crack inside jokes about Los Angeles' Chinese-American community. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEven the championship showdown feels polite. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThis lighter-than-air comedy couldn't be more different from director Jessica Yu's previous entry, 'Protagonist.' |
| New York TimesNathan LeeA bright, nimble diversion, a quick-witted picture that's fast on its feet. |