Were they playing beer pong? -Cause this movie concept seem wasted. Directed & written by Jessica Yu. The story centers on a Chinese American family whom live revolves around the sport, of Ping Pong. Christopher C-Dub Wang (Jimmy Tsai) is the only family member whom wants no part in it. He opts to spend most of his free time playing video games and day dreaming about becoming a pro-basketball player. When his mom and brother are hurt in a car accident, it kickback C-Dub into reality, when C-dub must take over his mom's duties as ping pong teacher to a class of misfits at the local Chinese Community Center, while also defending his brother's title at an oncoming ping pong tournament. The jokes in the film are mostly misses than hits for me. Some of the jokes may be lost on those not familiar with Chinese culture. For the most part, nearly all of the jokes are just the same old tiresome gags, we always see in non-Asians formulaic sport comedy films. The whole premise could be describe as an Asian American's version of 1976's Bad News Bear or 1992's Mighty Duck, where a jerky adult come across teaching a bunch of kids how to win. The only different between this and them, is that Jimmy Tsai's racist poser character comes across as too annoying, immature and obnoxious. He's a guy that some audience can easily dislike to the point, that they are turn off from the rest of the film. None of his smack talk was that clever or demanding. Most of the time, it's really ineffective. He whines and bitch about being stuck in a stereotype that it's drown out most of the film. He comes across more like a caricature than a real person, much like a overhype rapper would do. The whole American immigrant self-imposed apartheid ghetto mentality is just bothersome. I do have a funny bone, but childish and juvenile actions here were sadly not that great of humor material. The racial slurs didn't help. It's nice to see a movie produced by Asian Americans expressing their anger and addressed such stereotypical things that the media uses to portray Asian Americans. Still, it's very hypocritical to say that, and then portray other races in a negative stereotype, movie. After all, you got the token black guy who always up to no good get rich schemes, the Indian-American would always cowardly out, and then you got the white guys over the top villainous. It's so double-standard. Still, it could had gone worst. It's just nice to see Asian-Americans in the lead role for once, then playing second fiddle to white movie stars. The movie feels more Asian-American than a foreign film. It's nice to see the movie into mixed the American cultural environment. The supporting cast is forgettable. I rarely remember anybody else in this film, even after watching it in an hour ago. The adults come easily be replace by other Asian actors and you wouldn't know the different. The kids in the film, are the same. They're just genetic as hell, and doesn't stand out in a humorous way. I can't even recall any of their names. You see their overused trope characters all the time. There is the fat kid who always shown eating food. The dorky kid with the brains, and the kid with a sister or mom that the protagonist wants to bang. The editing for the film is odd. It's weird that profanity is semi-muted by the sound of a bouncing ball or ping pong paddle hit. If the movie going to use profanity, at less, have the guts to use it, than hide under silly gimmicks like that. I guess, they wanted to keep their PG-13 rating. The rap music is alright for the whole hip hop gimmick that Jimmy Tsai is sporting around in the film. "I Like Cereal" song or the songs about "Rims" stood out the most from all of them. Overall: The movie is so predictable that it hurts to think about it. Really, if you really want to enjoy this film. Turn off your brain, because you need to. Certainly not a movie for stimulating ones brain cells, but it passes for entertainment. If you want to find a good Asian Ping Pong movie, check out 2002's Pingu Pongu. If you need a good Asian-American comedy, check out 2005's American Fusion. Those two are way better than this film.

I absolutely loved this movie. I loved it for two reasons: the plot line and the overwhelming sense of stupidity. This movie reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite. It was pretty funny even though the main character is a complete tool. The racial slurs in this movie just add to the stupidity of it. Ever race has stereotypes for each other and it's good to sometimes laugh at them instead of being offended. Overall, I think this movie is pretty great. I wouldn't say this movie is for families, just because of how one of the kids acts. I would say that it's a movie more appropriate for older high schoolers and young adults. Childish and juvenile as this movie may be, the younger generation finds that kind of thing hilarious(me included).

I don't like sports movies, but this film was the compromise choice for our family, our 18-year-old son who doesn't want serious drama, my wife who doesn't want even a whiff of violence, and me who would normally watch Lars von Trier or a Russian documentary.

But the whole family found something to laugh out loud at. Parts followed the nauseatingly sweet pattern of a Disney sports movie, but other parts would NEVER have appeared in a Disney movie. Not that they were violent or inappropriate, but just off message. That made the film rewarding.

If you want to pass a few hours being mindlessly entertained, this movie is for you.