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Year of the Yao, The
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Year of the Yao, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 62 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.3 out of 10
based on 11 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG for some mild language

Starring Yao Ming, Colin Pine, and Shaquille O'Neal

This documentary is an exciting, inspiring chronicle of Yao Ming's tumultuous first year in the NBA. (Fine Line Features)


GENRE(S): Documentary  
DIRECTED BY: Adam Del Deo
James D. Stern
 
RELEASE DATE: DVD: March 14, 2006 
Theatrical: April 15, 2005 
RUNNING TIME: 88 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 
LANGUAGE(S): USA / China 

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
A skillful and winning piece of honest booster portraiture.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson
A surprisingly layered portrait.
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75
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Corny as it may sound though, it's all true-except, of course, for that mythical movie last-second championship bit.
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70
Variety Joe Leydon
Slickly entertaining documentary.
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70
Chicago Reader Fred Camper
Engrossing.
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67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Even if you know or care little about the sport, it's a fascinating saga.
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63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Co-directed by James D. Stern (who made another NBA promotional documentary, "Michael Jordan to the Max") and Adam Del Deo, the story of the Americanization of Yao is determinedly upbeat.
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60
The Hollywood Reporter Andrew Sun
What emerges is that Yao is a fascinating individual with great humor and modesty, as well as the potential to be one of the greats. Unfortunately, that's all we really find out about the guy.
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60
The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
With their fawning documentary Year Of The Yao, directors James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo unreflectively buy into the spin on charismatic 7'6" basketball center Yao Ming, but on a certain level, who can blame them?
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50
Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Provides little insight beyond hanging out with its super-sized star and would not be out of place as halftime filler except for its nearly 90-minute running time.
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40
LA Weekly Tim Grierson
This glorified infomercial glosses over the underlying tension of a young man's introduction into a society whose materialistic, capitalist tendencies are diametrically opposed to his country's values.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
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Susan M. gave it a2:
Thanks for making basketball boring.

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