7/10
The Akron Phenom
23 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This is a feel-good biopic about Lebron James (Marquis Mookie Cook) a High School phenom who made it to the cover of Sports Illustrated. He was part of a group of four kids who did nothing but play basketball together while growing up. They were headed to Buchtel High School, but the coach wanted to place the smallest player (Caleb McLaughlin) on the JV and not play with the rest of the team. He scouted out another high school that would play them all. They ended up going to a Catholic School St. Vincent-St. Mary to the disdain of many who called them a "sellout" creating some brief conflict in the film. Lebron, called "The Chosen One" leads the group who play like the Globe Trotters.

Fun film.

Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
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