 Crossover, the only movie opening wide that was screened for critics this weekend, probably shouldn't have been screened for them either. (Indeed Christy Lemire of the Associated Press remarked that it was "actually amazing" that the film was shown to critics.) Gene Seymour in Newsday describes it as "a mildly racy after-school special" about kids who engage in "streetball," a flashy form of basketball. Chris Kaltenback in the Baltimore Sun calls it "too clunky by half." Kyle Smith in the New York Post has the best put-down of all, describing it as "dribbling drivel." And Ty Burr in the Boston Globe suggests that subtitles might have helped a bit, citing one of the lines: "Most cats don't get slick like that unless you got a brizzle on the vine." |
