# The Great White Hype (1996)

> A sharp-edged boxing satire turns a champion’s comeback spectacle into a collision of racial marketing, celebrity hype, and competitive complacency.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/12518

## Facts

- Runtime: 91 min
- Genres: Comedy
- Director: Reginald Hudlin
- Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Corbin Bernsen, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
- TMDB rating: 5.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116448/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: irreverent, sardonic, energetic, sports movie night, comedy double feature

## Movies like The Great White Hype

- [Undisputed (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/8983)
- [Head of State (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/4935)
- [Play It to the Bone (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/12520)
- [The Harder They Fall (1956)](https://ember.film/movie/17456)
- [Holy Man (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/4882)
- [Diggstown (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/11587)
- [Against the Ropes (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/4238)
- [The Hammer (2007)](https://ember.film/movie/8225)
- [Ready to Rumble (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/12489)
- [I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/10234)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt