2001 · drama · biography · sport
Ali (2001)
Directed by Michael Mann2h 37m2001
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Our read: Ali (2001) (2001) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · biography · sport entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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