Movie · Drama · Biography

In Sweetwater, Nat Clifton (Osborne) is the star attraction of the popular traveling basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach Joe Lapchick (Piven) decide it is time for the Knicks to integrate, with the support of NBA President Maurice Podoloff (Dreyfuss), they come together with the other team owners of the league to make history.

2023 · 1h 58m
Director Martin Guigui

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Sweetwater

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In Sweetwater, Nat Clifton (Osborne) is the star attraction of the popular traveling basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, led by owner/coach Abe Saperstein (Pollak). When New York Knicks executive Ned Irish (Elwes) and Knicks coach Joe Lapchick (Piven) decide it is time for the Knicks to integrate, with the support of NBA President Maurice Podoloff (Dreyfuss), they come together with the other team owners of the league to make history.

COMMON SENSE

Sports biopic is educational but clunky; smoking, language.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.9
Reviews 19
Fresh 5
Rotten 14

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Studio
Angel Studios
Released
2023
Run Time
1 hr 58 min
Rated
PG-13 for some racial slurs, violence and smoking.
Region of Origin
United States
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Original Audio
English