Believe it or not, Ping Pong Playa is not a movie about basketball. I know, I know, it's surprising. Instead, it's a film about Christopher Wang (pronounced "wong," rhymes with long, according to the trailer), an Asian-American who wants more than anything to play basketball. He proves this by being tall, sleeping a lot, and shooting hoops. But then his mother gets into a car accident and sprains her wrists, meaning the movie all of a sudden is about ... you guessed it: ping pong. Because, see, Chris's mom teaches a ping pong class, and now he's going to have to take it over. Chris also happens to not be the most kid-friendly of people. And we all know what happens when you combine a funny, kid-hating adult with a group of kids, right? Hilarity ensues. (No, really, this time it looks like actual hilarity rather than the manufactured kind.) The movie looks like it pokes fun at Asian-American stereotypes (hello? Ping pong?), short shorts and white people, among other things. And Peter Paige plays a competitive ping pong player (Chris's nemesis, I'm guessing). If you're going to see just one movie this week, try to make it this one. Even if you have to fly to New York or L.A. to see this, it's going to be worth it to avoid Bangkok Dangerous and Everybody Wants to Be Italian, I promise.

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