SnoopyStyle Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.) is the wild partying bad boy of pro basketball. After the latest naked outburst, he is indefinitely suspended and his sponsors abandon him. He is completely broke. Even his agent Lorne Daniels (Kevin Pollak) dumps him as a client. He is forced to move in with his only supporter Aunt Ruby. He comes up with a crazy idea to be Juwanna Mann, a female player in the WUBA. He tricks Lorne into representing him. He clashes with team leader Michelle Langford (Vivica A. Fox).The setup is stupid. I'm not even expecting good. I didn't know there is money in female basketball. The character is an annoying douche. This is even worst than I feared. This setup is all wrong and it makes any attempt at humor ridiculously bad. The jokes are broad and obvious. It is terribly predictable. This is nowhere near Tootsie level. That's the target but I'm not sure if the film knows it.Before watching the movie, I assumed that Jamal got injured and forced out of the game. Imagine if he was a dunk machine with no other skills. He gets injured and without any other skills, he can't get work anywhere. In desperation, he tries out for the worst female team and barely makes it as a bench warmer. He humbles himself and learns to become a 3 and D player. That would be my pitch.

Pumpkin_Man It had been a long time since I saw this movie. I saw it earlier on TV, and refreshed my memory. I forgot how funny it was. It has a great storyline. Miguel A. Núñez, Jr plays Jamal Jeffries, who is a spoiled basketball star who is soon suspended from the team. After he becomes desperate, Jamal decides to join the women's basketball team in order to stay in the game. He disguises himself as a woman and calls himself 'Juwanna Mann' After spending time with them, he begins to fall in love with one of his teammates, Michelle Langford. The team's biggest game happens to fall on the day of Jamal's trial and hopes to be reinstated. Which will he choose? If you love basketball, comedies, and cross-dressers, you'll love JAWANNA MANN!!!

Unbreakable27 It's only a movie for crying out loud.Granted this movie will not be confused with great Shakesperean theatre, but it was worth a few good laughs.Not exactly the funniest movie I've ever seen but not the worst by a long shot.Some of you take these movies way to seriously.It's only entertainment! Not meant to be analyzed like forensic science or something.Miguel Nunez does a decent job in his first starring role. I personally couldn't see anyone else filling this spot.The main character starts off as arrogant and unlikeable, and learns an important lesson and begins to see the error of his ways as the movie goes on and this is portrayed very well.I like Vivica Fox and all, but I would have personally cast someone a little younger opposite Nunez. But her name in the credits gives it a boost I guess.Again some of you take these movies way to seriously.Think about it. It's a comedy! Not to be taken seriously to start with!!!

jazzest The material, gender-twisted camp sports movie, is astonishing, but may be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to realize well. A major problem of Juwanna Mann is that unwisely blended fantasy and reality lead the audience to an absurd confusion. If it took place in a perfectly fictitious setting, it could be more persuasive. But the setting obviously refers to the NBA and the WNBA in the real world, and even an average fan can tell what is described in the film is far different from the reality. Also, a moral-learning in coming-of-age manner of a pro star athlete with an arrested development seems forcedly contrived and looks unnatural. Finally, as an enthusiastic WNBA fan myself, I don't appreciate the filmmakers' lack of knowledge in and respect to women's sports.Overall, the film is all about the superb but raw idea, which is not executed well.