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Above the Rim
1994
· Movie
· 96 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Every rating
50–82
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 50, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 82. Critics average 50, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Details
- Director
- Jeff Pollack
- Writers
- Barry Michael Cooper, Benny Medina, Jeff Pollack
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
- Released
- 23 March 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
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