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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   1,431 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jimmy Tsai (writer)
Jessica Yu (writer)
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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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(16 articles)
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: February 10, 2009
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My DVD Shelf: 'Ping Pong Playa' (BluRay)
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At times I laughed out loud. more (6 total)

Cast

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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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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, including some sexual remarks and drug references.
Runtime:
Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Make Noise more

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6 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
At times I laughed out loud., 21 December 2008
8/10
Author: Eric Soderberg from United States

This funny movie plays on stereotypes... in a way that doesn't offend. The main character desperately wishes to be a basketball great, yet his hoop dreams are never fulfilled, due in part to his ineptitude and cultural background (lack of support culturally). When his mother is injured the protagonist is needed to teach ping-pong classes against his wishes, over time he slowly rises to the challenge, with some funny results. Thankfully it lacks the typical romantically driven plot associated with many comedies, thought a boy meets girl vibe does exist. In essence a "fish out of water" tale with surprising results. It is a comedy without rude and vulgar humor, yet still funnier than most that utilize such. Pleasantly surprising in almost every way.

(my first review. bare in mind that I judge movies by genre, i.e.: a "good" comedy may not be as "good" as an equally rated drama, or thriller, etc...).

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