Michael Jordan to the Max
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    88
    For any of you who've ever daydreamed of playing hoops with Jordan, Michael Jordan to the Max is almost certainly the closest you'll ever get.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Hannah Brown
    88
    Just as spectacular as seeing the view from Everest or other natural wonders caught by the IMAX technology.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Made with such verve and clarity that you don't have to be a basketball fan to enjoy it.
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  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Charles Savage
    75
    What makes this documentary worth seeing is the sensational courtside footage taken with IMAX cameras, which bring a whole new way of seeing the game to fans who don't get to sit in Jack Nicholson's section.
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  5. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    75
    It's hardly a balanced biography: There's no mention of Jordan's gambling problems or connections with Nike, whose factories overseas were criticized for underpaying workers and treating them badly.
  6. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    70
    An adoring tone and the familiar slo-mo, wide-angle baskebatics.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    A highly conventional 2-D infomercial.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Denene Millner
    63
    We get zilch on what kind of human being he is.
  9. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Essentially just a promotional film for Jordan as a product. It plays like a commercial for itself.
  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    Monotonous.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    There's not much substantive food for thought.
  12. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    50
    The format and the purposeful blandness of the script make Jordan seem remote, more icon than human being.
  13. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    40
    Arguably the finest athlete in living memory deserves better than Michael Jordan to the Max, an honorific but unmoving portrait of the Chicago Bulls' No. 23.
  14. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: David Davis
    30
    Ultimately, it's as vapid as (Michael Jordan's) perfume and as disposable as a pair of his Hanes.
  15. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    30
    Unlike Michael Jordan, this 45-minute large-format movie demonstrates mostly unrealized potential.

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User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. williew.
    10
    MJ has always been the best, look at where he is at.
  2. LowelA.
    10
    50 greatest player of all time, I can say he's the eight wonders of the world ill give it a perfect ten.
  3. craigd.
    10
    Its the best film jordon has ever done.
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