I was never looking forward to this movie. It looked extra cheesy with the young men dressed up as old men bit. However low my expectations were, this movie still managed to surprise me with how terrible it is.
Uncle Drew follows the story of Dax, a basketball coach, who has entered a team into the Rucker Tournament for which there is a $100,000 prize. When his star player and team bails on him, he is forced to find a replacement at the last minute. Enter street basketball legend, and 80+ year old Uncle Drew. He agrees to play only if he can play with all his old teammates, who are also ancient and decrepit.
Look, I'm all for movies that remind us that just because we get old doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying our life. This movie just didn't do that well. There were magic glasses and magic shoes involved. The story also tried to shoehorn in several other life lessons, a redemption story line for Dax, and it just became a jumble of cliches and predictability. I literally fell asleep for about 20 minutes, don't feel like I missed anything, and honestly wish I could have kept sleeping. (Yay for theaters with comfy recliner chairs!)
My BIGGEST pet peeve with the movie, by far, was the over use of one particular phrase. Uncle Drew had the habit of calling everyone around him "young blood". And not just a few times, I'm guessing about 75 times throughout the movie. I cannot adequately express to you how much it annoyed me. For the last half of the movie I decided to make a drinking game out of it, but I ran out of water in my nearly full water bottle before the end. I actually wouldn't suggest doing a real drinking game with it, because even the most experienced of drinkers taking one sip every time that phrase is uttered would probably end up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning.
I can't in good conscience recommend anyone see this movie. I'm sure there are people out there who will enjoy it, but I just don't get it.