The American Dream
Nobody would have bet on Jérémy behind a video store counter, or on Bouna pushing a cleaning cart through an airport terminal.
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Synopsis
No one would have bet on Jérémy, stuck behind the counter of a video store, or on Bouna, who cleans airports. With no money, no connections, and painfully poor English, who could have predicted they’d one day become big-name agents in the NBA? What they lack in experience, they will make up for in audacity, while remaining true to their one credo, doing business with a human touch. Scouting raw talent while improvising their way up, they’ll fake it until they make it – chasing their American Dream and landing multi-million-dollar deals.
Our Review Editorial
Nobody would have bet on Jérémy behind a video store counter, or on Bouna pushing a cleaning cart through an airport terminal. That is precisely the pleasure of this buoyant underdog story, which follows two men with no money, no contacts and shaky English as they bluff their way into the business of representing NBA players. Audacity is the whole strategy, and the film plays their improvisation as comedy without ever sneering at the ambition underneath.
Running just over two hours, it moves with the momentum of a good hustle: scout the talent, wing the meeting, survive the fallout, repeat. The credo of doing business with a human touch keeps it warm even as the deal sizes climb into the millions. It suits anyone who enjoys rags-to-riches comedies with real affection for their heroes, and basketball fans will find plenty to grin at. An easy, spirited pick for a night when you want to root for somebody.
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