He Got Game is a good movie because it teaches a lesson, it makes us understand
the tragedy of Jake's life, and it shows how Jesus has to make difficult decisions.
The movie, He Got Game, teaches a lesson, especially to those people who have
families on their own, that parents can't push their kids in doing what they want them to
do and not what their kids want to do. Roger Ebert says that the movie is "more of a
heartbreaker about a father and his son." I agree because when Jake tried to convince his
son, Jesus, to go to Big State University in order for him to get an early parole in prison,
This movie makes us understand the tragedy of Jake's life because when Jake tried
to pushed his son to play good in basketball in which Jake ended up in prison for killing
his wife accidently while arguing with his son. Janet Maslin says that, "Jesus hates his
father and won't give him the time of day" to talk to him. I feel that even if Jesus' father
has done something really bad in the past, Jesus shouldn't treated his father like he didn't
even know him and never existed in his life and besides the incident that happened to his
mother was just an accident. But no matter what Jesus do, Jake is still the person who
This movie also shows how Jesus has to make difficult decision because when an
agent, his coach, girlfriend, uncle, and groupies-on-call offered him money, cars, house,
and more, since he's the country's #1 high school prospect, he didn't accept any of those
because it's illegal for him to take it. Mike Clark says that, "they just want what they
perceive to be their share from the coming bounty." I feel that once Jesus gets famous
they would just use him to get themselves rich.
He Got Game is one of my favorite movie I have seen because it somewhat relates
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