Product Details

• Actors: Jimmy Tsai, Andrew Vo, Khary Payton, Jim Lau, Roger Fan
• Directors: Jessica Yu
• Writers: Jimmy Tsai, Jessica Yu
• Producers: Jimmy Tsai, Anne Clements, Jeffrey Gou, Joan Huang, Michael Gallant
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001HB1K00
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,875 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Ping Pong Playa" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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PING PONG PLAYA - DVD Movie

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funniest Movie I've Seen in Ages, December 17, 2008

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V. K. Lin (Eugene, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ping Pong Playa (DVD)

First saw this at the Eugene DisOrient Asian Film Festival over a year ago. Funniest movie I've seen in ages. Minimal spoilers below...

This is the story of a younger son in a Chinese-American family who is struggling with his identity and his cultural responsibility. His elder brother is a ping pong champion, and the entire family's finances are contingent on the reputation of the family and their performance at a local ping pong tournament. You can figure out the rest from there.

But this charming, hilarious, incredibly well-thought out movie by relative movie unknowns has more class, humor, and intelligence than most mainstream Hollywood comedies I've seen. The vast majority of the humor is applicable to all races, all cultures, all walks of life... there are a few jokes and intimations specific to the Asian-American community... but I loved this movie so much I pre-ordered the DVD, feeling grateful that it actually made it out of it's film festival beginnings (into limited more mainstream release, but not where I live), onto DVD.

It's based on the classic athletic competition motif. The oppressive, aggressive professional athlete coming to take over small local town ping pong hero. Family obligation. Cultural expectations. Identity/social self-exploration/finding. Touching characters with some depth.

The humor is classy, clever, witty. It is not very subtle, just outright fun. Language is pretty clean for a comedy, but still has quite a bit of profanity (teenage locker room talk) that is partially obscured by the sound of a bouncing ball or ping pong paddle hit or similar as a sort of tongue-in-cheek (ha, that's a pun!) censor. Depending on your sensitivity to this sort of thing, appropriate for teens (13-14+), but prepare to cover the ears of your child if younger. Subject material is otherwise pretty clean, and appropriate for even younger than teenaged kids.

It's a great film, IMO.

-vk

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super cool and uplifting movie - good for the family!, July 27, 2010

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Dave (Henderson, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ping Pong Playa (DVD)

This movie, starring Jimmy Tsai, is funny and uplifting. It is a unique film that not only I enjoyed, but my children also found it to be an awesome movie! Buy it on DVD, it's great to watch over and over.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly funny, May 30, 2010

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J. Wang "bukbuk" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ping Pong Playa (DVD)

rented this movie from the library; thought it would be stupid, but it was actually funny. I would recommend this movie to others if they like movies such as 'dodge ball'.