
When the champ's promoter, Reverend Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Reverend Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training, while the confident champ takes it easy, and falls out of shape.... (Full plot summary below)
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When the champ's promoter, Reverend Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Reverend Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training, while the confident champ takes it easy, and falls out of shape.
Leave your thoughts about The Great White Hype.
| MovieholeClint MorrisA knockout comedy...Peter Berg is a trip! |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaAs satire, Hype dares to play the race card but folds too soon. |
| Zap2it.comDan FienbergThe joke is often funny and the actors all look like they're having fun, but it's still a one-joke movie that falls short of its potential |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Chris PeachmentThere is some fly dialogue, but it's not a knockout. |
| User ReviewSteven WThis movie is funny. Regardless how the critics hated it, I found this movie hilarious. |
| User ReviewRyan CFunny but somewhat mirroring alot of the curruption and lies spread during the DON KING era of boxing. |
| User ReviewMikeyThis movie was pretty realistic because it was in the heavyweight division! Everyone knows the niggas dominate the heavyweights! Now if it were middleweights then you would need a puerto rican! But one thing that remains constant is the white guy gets his ass whooped! |
| User ReviewIvan CTremenda comedia... no pueden no verla Samuel L. Jackson... que actor Dios!!!! |
| User ReviewMatt MThis movie is so great it cannot be summed up in words. But I'll try. Jeff Goldblum. Samuel L. Jackson. Damon Wayans. Jon Lovitz. Jamie Foxx. Cheech Marin. John Rhys-Davies. If you understand that, you'll love this movie. |
| User ReviewNathan WI don't know why everyone bags this movie - I think it's so funny, and subversive too! |