Release Date
March 28, 1997
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Running Time
107 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief language and some innuendos
Just as college basketball star Antoine Tyler (KADEEM HARDISON) is about to realize his dream of making it to the NCAA Championships, he dies, leaving his younger brother Kenny (MARION WAYANS) to lead the perennially last place Washington Huskies to victory. Heartbroken, Kenny loses his drive to win until Antoine's ghost appears, determined to take his team from worst to first.
Although nobody except Kenny can see or hear Antoine's wise-cracking, prankster ghost, sports reporter... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Marlon Wayans and Kadeem Hardison combine in The Sixth Man (or The 6th Man), a pretty mindless but harmless comedy about a team that is helped by the ghost of their recently deceased star. It's a basketball movie slightly similar to Teen Wolf and surprisingly stays clear of most racial, sexual, and potty jokes (although there is one funny scene where Wayans is caught talking to "himself"). Full movie review »
