New Providence

This was a great basketball movie that showed a lot about 6 on 6 basketball. As a coach who only coached 5 on 5, 6 on 6 might have been a better game! Using actual high school basketball players instead of actresses was a great idea as they actually knew what they were doing on the court. My family and I were extras in this movie so we were in all of the basketball game scenes. It was great to finally watch the movie because I had no idea about the plot. There were so many other things going on besides just winning a basketball game. If you love basketball, this is definitely the movie for you. This is a must see!

This could have had a lot of potential. It makes for an interesting story line, converting it to a love story. However, the budget had to be so low, I think it might have been filmed on an iPad. The acting was really weak, the camera work was slow, the scene fades were awkward and there were a ton of choppy scenes. I think most of the actors had to be pulled directly from the nearby towns. The lead male actor was actually decent, but after that, it was pretty rough. I graduated high school in the early 90's so this was a pretty neat idea for a movie. But again, it was just done so poorly.

I enjoyed New Providence. Like Hoosiers, except with real people, with women's basketball, and in Iowa. It was like being in New Providence IA, in 1993. The shots outside and inside the Roundhouse gym were beautiful. The basketball players were actual high school and college players, the spectators were local extras that looked and moved like actual spectators. The script was mostly like listening to real people talk. The score fit. Regional theatrical talent was used to fill in the cast - Teresa's mom, Laney's dad and it worked well enough to move things along. I had heard of 6 on 6, my mother played in CA high school ball. The movie smoothly got the gist of the rules and play across and showed well executed plays. The sets and wardrobe fit the time and place, the cafe and hardware store looked appropriately small town and accurate. Coach Teresa's track suit, straight out of 1993 and I loved it. Jimmy Voss consulting a map while finding his way to New Providence - before smart phones.

Taste is, well, a matter of taste and I realize a 9 star review is against the grain for this movie. I totally respect the other reviews, and am happy to add mine.

It's terrible. Just really, really bad. Terrible script, terrible lighting, terrible audio, terrible cinematography. Everything is just so, so bad.

I couldn't agree more with markusfocus! I had to turn it off! I played 6 on 6 in the exact area the movie takes place in AND the lead basketball player is from my hometown in that same county! So, you see, I really wanted to like it, but I just couldn't watch more than 30 minutes. The only things that they did a good job on was the landscape scenes and the 1st gym you see them play a game in. I say the 1st gym because that is as far as I got so I can't evaluate the others. OOVEERR RAAAATED