Air

critic Reviews

, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • A fact-based drama that no one will dunk on, Air aims to dramatize events that changed the sports world forever -- and hits almost nothing but net.
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    Udita JhunjhunwalaScroll.in
    Air is a quick-paced entertainer with glib dialogue, humour and a wonderful sense of nostalgia for the 1980s.
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    Charlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
    Once you’ve made peace with those really narrow parameters, what you see on screen – ie virtually nothing of Jordan himself – kind of works.
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    Sara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
    There’s not an ounce of fat on this film’s physique, and Affleck keeps the pace moving even though everything that’s happening is entirely driven by the dialogue.
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    Nell MinowMovie Mom
    Affleck is a fine actor and a better-than-fine director. As an actor since childhood, his skill at selecting the right actors and allowing them to do their best is to be expected. He also has an exceptional sense of narrative structure.
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    Dwight BrownDwightBrownInk.com
    Affleck, the cast, crew and script put you in a time capsule and take you back to the ’80s.
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    tt stern-enziWXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
    Ben Affleck's got a great feel for this real-life stories.
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    Robert RotenLaramie Movie Scope
    This film, directed by Ben Affleck (“Argo”) and writer Alex Convery successfully builds tension in a story where everybody in the audience already knows the outcome. The story also works as 'how to' historical movie about sports endorsement deals.
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    Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatSpirituality & Practice
    An immensely entertaining drama based on true events that changed the game and the business of basketball.
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    David GriffithsSubculture Entertainment
    a powerful and dramatic film that at times feels like it was written for the stage. Air has one of the best screenplays I have seen in a long time and is only lifted further by electric performances by Davis, Damon and co.
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    Matt PaisMattPais.com
    Easily one of the year’s most rewatchable films.
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