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Sweetwater
Directed by
Martin Guigui
PG-13
2023
1h 59m
Biography
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Drama
,
and more
6.1
26%
95%
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In the fall of 1950, Nat 'Sweetwater' Clifton makes history in his journey to become the first African American to sign an NBA contract, forever changing the game of basketball.
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Cast of Sweetwater
Everett Osborne
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton
Cary Elwes
Ned Irish
Jeremy Piven
Joe Lapchick
Eric Roberts
Judd
Jim Caviezel
Sports Writer
Richard Dreyfuss
Maurice Podoloff
Kevin Pollak
Abe Saperstein
Mike Starr
Eddie Gottlieb
Jim Meskimen
Miles Slocum
Jason Sklar
Donnie Grossman
Emmaline
Jeanne Staples
Ashani Roberts
Sweetwater's Mother
Robert Ri'chard
Pop
Paul Hipp
Barker
Eric Etebari
Frank
Gary Clark Jr.
T-Bone
Ernest Harden Jr.
Coach Will Robinson
Wayne Federman
Referee Pete
Billy Malone
Dan
Dahlia Waingort
Mrs. Lapchick / Producer
Tim Kavanagh
Arthur "Art" Webb
Ca'Ron Jaden Coleman
Young Sweetwater
Delijah McAlpin
Teen Sweetwater
Dave Cobert
Dick McGuire
Herbert 'Flight Time' Lang
Babe
Joshua King Brooks
Chuck Cooper
Steven Morse
Norm Drucker
Preston Galli
Autograph Seeking Boy (uncredited)
Martin Guigui
Director / Writer
Josi W. Konski
Producer
Tim Moore
Producer
Darren Moorman
Producer
Sweetwater Ratings & Reviews
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Somehow, a biopic about one of basketball's most innovative and dynamic players is dull and derivative, turning this attempt to showcase the story of a pioneering Black superstar into a cinematic airball.
KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)
Rick Bentley
Sweetwater has its problems but the main thing to keep in mind is that it turns a spotlight on a bit of history that should not be overlooked or forgotten.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Because of the weak script the historical sports drama about breaking the racial barrier in pro basketball had no scoring power.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
A perfectly affable telling of the integration of the NBA.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
His personal life isn't really explored, and even the final credits scene doesn't give much of an explanation of his life other than to confirm that he really did spend his post-NBA retirement as a taxi driver.
DwightBrownInk.com
Dwight Brown
The direction, acting, script and production team are all in play, but nothing scores.
Spectrum Culture
Joel Copling
It seems tailor-made for an audience that may not want to see whatever the confrontational or provocative version of this story might look like.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
Sweetwater could have been an inspirational biopic about a groundbreaking basketball player. Instead, the movie is a stale cesspool of awful dialogue, corny scenarios, and problematic racial condescension that depicts greedy basketball racists as heroes.
Asheville Movies
Edwin Arnaudin
An insult to Clifton's legacy, one so blatant that everyone involved should be embarrassed.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
What begins with a frame recalling "Driving Miss Daisy," unfortunately, quickly descends into "The Legend of Bagger Vance."
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Keith Garlington
"Sweetwater" fits right into that familiar sports drama mold....Yet there's something truly endearing about Guigui's storytelling.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
It's a nice, pleasant film whose storytelling formula has been done so many times that it now feels old-fashioned rather than relevant or exciting.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[W]riter/director Martin Guigui's Sweetwater doesn't appear willing or to know how to communicate ... [the] story with any sense of real significance.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
Makes you realize that the history of basketball is ripe with vital stories that haven't gotten near the big screen.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Bland, anemic and shallow biopic. It pales compared to the much more entertaining, moving and gripping AIR.
Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam
Charles Koplinski
"Sweetwater" proves forgettable and hardly worthy of Clifton and his fellow players' trials.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
The result is competent and informative but lacks swagger and elegance.
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