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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   1,427 votes
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Director:
Jessica Yu
Writers:
Jimmy Tsai (writer)
Jessica Yu (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy | Family | Sport more
Tagline:
Don't just win. Destroy.
Plot:
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 synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: February 10, 2009
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 9 February 2009, 11:38 PM, PST)

My DVD Shelf: 'Ping Pong Playa' (BluRay)
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User Comments:
For ages 11-15 more (6 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jimmy Tsai ... Christopher 'C-Dub' Wang

Roger Fan ... Michael Wang

Shelley Malil ... D. B. Reddy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Alexander Agate ... Loser kid 1
Percival Arcibal ... Teenage Ping Pong Player
William Behlendorf ... Another Kid

Adam Bobrow ... Dan Furlie

Joey Brander ... Kid-Basketball Player

Romeo Brown ... Kevin

Smith Cho ... Jennifer
Martin Chow ... Jerry Lin

Catherine Dao ... Mrs. Sun

Jordan Green ... Loser Kid
Cici Lau ... Mrs. Chen

Jim Lau ... Mr. Wang

Scott Lowell ... Tom

Peter Paige ... Gerald
Khary Payton ... JP Money

Javin Reid ... Prabakar

Jordan Walker Ross ... Basketball Kid
Esther Song ... Miss Chinatown

Joseph Stephens Jr. ... Referee

Jason Stuart ... Doctor

Elizabeth Sung ... Mrs. Wang

Elan Tom ... Wilson
Andrew Vo ... Felix

Stephnie Weir ... Cheryl Davis
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, including some sexual remarks and drug references.
Runtime:
Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:PG | USA:PG-13

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
References "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Make Noise more

FAQ

A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
Is this movie based on a book?
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13 out of 62 people found the following comment useful.
For ages 11-15, 17 December 2008
3/10
Author: curtlow from United States

This movie was not funny at all. You will not find this movie enjoyable unless you are 11 to 15 years old. Also, swearing is censored with sounds of a basketball bouncing and ping pong balls being hit. It was very awkward (In the version I saw anyway).

The story is also very unoriginal and can be used with multiple scenarios. A lot of the dialog is in Chinese with English subtitles.

I don't understand why IMDb gave it 6.6 stars. I'm glad I didn't see this movie in a theater. I would have asked for my money back.

If you have preteen kids, this might be okay to rent but I don't see how they would enjoy it either. On a side note, the Chinese girl is rather cute.

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