Ping Pong Playa (2007)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Jessica Yu

Writers:

Jimmy Tsai (writer)
Jessica Yu (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sport

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Ping Pong | Asian American

Awards:

1 nomination

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

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

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:PG-13

Company:

Cherry Sky Films

Movie Connections:

References "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979)

Soundtrack:

Make Noise

For ages 11-15

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.