"What a Drag!"
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What You Need To Know:
JUWANNA MANN is the story of a “bad boy” professional basketball player, Jamal Jeffries, who is suspended indefinitely from the league for flashing the fans after he is ejected from a critical game. In order to replace his earnings, he disguises himself in drag to enter the Women’s Basketball League as Juwanna Mann. As Juwanna, he becomes the team’s star player and receives the valuable endorsement offers and media attention that had previously eluded him due to his gangster image. The movie follows Juwanna’s awkward relationships in and out of the locker room with his new female teammates, adoring fans and his soul-for-hire sports agent, played by Kevin Pollack. The movie shows his transformation from diva to team leader.
Miguel A. Nuñez, Jr. as Jamal and his co-star, Vivica A. Fox, bring some charm and energy to their roles. Tommy Davidson brings one or two laughs in his role as rapper Puff Smoky Smoke, but overall JUWANNA MANN is predictable, poorly written and a big bore. To add insult to injury, this movie is extremely vulgar, full of poor taste and embarrassingly unfunny. Also, lying, deception and greed are central to the plot
Content:
(PaPa, HoHo, LLL, S, N, A, Ho, M) Pagan worldview depicted through the central character’s desire for money, fame and sensual pleasure at any cost; some homosexual references; 46 obscenities, one profanity, numerous double-entendres, frank sexual comments, and crude physical humor; minor slapstick violence; one instance of implied fornication, two scenes of fully-clothed men in implied homosexual acts, transvestite homosexual discussions, and the central character fondles women’s buttocks (all designed as jokes or gags); natural nudity of a male’s backside and two scenes where characters witness full frontal male nudity, while the filmgoer only sees the reactions, and several scenes of very scantily clad women; alcohol abuse as an escape tool; no smoking; and, lying, deception and greed are central to the plot.
More Detail:
JUWANNA MANN is the story of a “bad-boy” professional basketball player, Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Nuñez, Jr.) who is suspended indefinitely from the league for flashing the fans in the arena after he is ejected from a critical game. In order to replace his earnings, he devises a plot to enter the Women’s Basketball League sub rosa. Jeffries dons a ridiculous wig and dresses in drag as Juwanna Mann. As Juwanna, he becomes the team’s star player and receives the valuable endorsement offers and media attention that had previously eluded him due to his gangster image.
The movie follows Juwanna’s awkward relationships in and out of the locker room with his new female teammates, adoring fans and his soul-for-hire sports agent, Lorne Daniels (Kevin Pollack), along with his transformation from diva to team leader.
Nuñez and his co-star, Vivica A. Fox, bring some charm and energy to their roles and Tommy Davidson brings one or two laughs in his role as rapper, Puff Smoky Smoke, but overall JUWANNA MANN is predictable, poorly written and a big bore. To add insult to injury, this movie is extremely vulgar, full of poor taste and embarrassingly unfunny. Also, lying, deception and greed are central to the plot.
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
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