'Boogie' Review: An Uneven Chinese American Basketball Drama 'Boogie' Review: An Uneven Chinese American Basketball Drama A Chinese-American basketball phenom juggles pro dreams, romance and parental expectations in Eddie Huang's uneven directorial debut. Nick Schager, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Eddie Huang With: Taylor Takahashi, Taylour Paige, Bashar “Pop Smoke” Jackson, Perry Yung, Pamelyn Chee, Mike Moh, Domenick Lombardozzi, Eddie Huang. Running time: Running time: 89 MIN. Variety For subtlety’s sake, it’s better if coming-of-age stories don’t feature subplots in which characters are asked to pen their own autobiographical tales of maturation, and then spend time debating the merits of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” as well as their personal similarities to its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. That “Boogie” does this is emblematic of its frequent clunkiness. Nonetheless, Eddie Huang’s directorial debut about a Chinese American basketball player trying to balance athletics, romance and parental expectations — elements that should give it a leg up on the competition when it debuts in theaters on March 5.