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  1. SusanM.
    Apr 25, 2006
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    Thanks for making basketball boring.
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62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    A skillful and winning piece of honest booster portraiture.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Andrew Sun
    60
    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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  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    60
    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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