Rez Ball

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Rez Ball

2024

Directed by Sydney Freeland

Play fast. Shoot fast. Take your shot.

After losing their star player, a high school basketball team rooted in Native American culture must unite to keep their state championship dreams alive.

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TheFreshBeef
Review by TheFreshBeef ★★★

These sports movies are like pancakes
already eaten a million times
always tastes the same
nothing special
but they make me happy every time

kj ⭐️
Review by kj ⭐️ ★★★½ 5

K so what if I have crush on the entire cast then what

ooxxooXoXXx
Review by ooxxooXoXXx Liked 1

New Mexico you are so beautiful, I’m so lucky I was born here. 

Shoutout to Sydney for making Santa Fe the “villain” that’s so New Mexican of her. 

anyways, the funniest part about working on this was when my dad would text me “I don’t think your boss (LeBron James) is going to be on set today :/“ because he was playing the Western Conference. 

And whoever may be wondering, Sam (who plays Mason) did every dunk live on his own and it was so cool to watch.

Congrats to my fellow crew members and cast who worked on this!

Jess
Review by Jess ★★★★★ Liked

Gay coach means so much to me

Asher
Review by Asher ★★★

White guy SHOCKS native basketball team by speaking FLUENT NAVAJO (not clickbait)

SonofTedLasso
Review by SonofTedLasso ★★★½

If there’s one good thing I think Netflix is consistent at, it’s their basketball movies. Rez Ball puts the spotlight on Indigenous way of life and identity on a reserve. I didn’t expect it to deal with some heavy subject matter, but I commend it on not shying away from including difficult topics such as suicide, alcoholism and others commonly found on reserves. It focuses on a high school basketball team and while it does stick to a well worn formula, when something works, it works. I can’t deny that. This team and these people came across as very authentic and I wanted to see them succeed. All around, it’s a real solid sports drama. 

LeBron James is listed as a producer.

JBird
Review by JBird ★★★½

Coach Heather Hobbs will make a big call, 
That her team wants to win it all. 
They’ll have to go deep, 
Herding some sheep,
Pass and shoot like they’re playing “Rez Ball”.

Joel Hilke
Review by Joel Hilke ★★★½ 2

Rez Ball opens with a first act so powerful I guess the only way to go was down. And while it's a perfectly good sportsball movie, it never rises above that into a great one. But it's good... a perfectly good sports film.

It's a basketball movie set on among high school team on a Navajo reservation. After a tragedy, they have to rebuild their confidence and learn to work together again... ideally borrowing from their Native American heritage. And the love of the game.

I was all set to give this a very high rating until it just turns into an underdog sports movie. And, like I said, it's actually a pretty good one of those so no arguments…

JobenNate
Review by JobenNate ★★★

Of course white people would only learn another culture to use it against them

Tia
Review by Tia ★★★★ Liked

the main villain in this is a jokic sun, draymond rising and luca moon. 

this was so cute and heartwarming and i cried one tear and i love basketball and when netflix gives money to indigenous filmmakers!!!!!!

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