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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerDirector Jesse Vaughan keeps the ball in play through the aw-shucks lessons in humility and generosity, but the teamwork is shoddy, the plays lack surprise and, finally, Juwanna Mann misses more than it hits.
- 50TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsComic Tommy Davidson, in particular, is hilarious as gangsta rapper Puff Smokey Smoke, who falls for Juwanna and then, in a twist lifted directly from the queen of all drag farces, 1959's "Some Like It Hot," decides he still loves her after she's exposed as Jamal. After all, nobody's perfect.
- 38Boston GlobeBoston GlobeIt is Kevin Pollak who steals what there is of a show as Jamal's passive-aggressive, pressure-cooked agent. His comedic timing, particularly given the thinness of the script, is the only genuinely impressive slam dunk this movie has to offer.
- 33Portland OregonianPortland Oregonian"Tootsie" meets "Hoop Dreams" in Juwanna Mann, and they don't get along. This basketball comedy turns out to be a total drag -- in both senses.
- 25New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanIt's all so insincere, you can almost imagine the filmmakers rubbing their hands together at the prospect of ripping off the public.
- 25Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachBottom line: Juwanna Mann is a drag - in every sense of the word.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIf this sounds like "Tootsie" with a ball, well, it is. Screenwriter Bradley Allenstein should be hauled up in writer's court for his shameless cribbing of that far superior comedy. Someone call a foul.
- 20The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsRelies on the most time-tested basic moves of farce for laughs that just don't come.
- 20VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyBringing absolutely no fresh angles to a time-tested formula that's seemed particularly overworked of late.
- 0Miami HeraldCharles SavageMiami HeraldCharles SavageA sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply.