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On Freddie Roach: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 20, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Summary: The daily life of boxing trainer Freddie Roach (Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, and George St. Pierre are some of his trainees) is the subject of this documentary series produced by Peter Berg.
  • Genre(s): Sports, Reality, News/Documentary

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jan 20, 2012
    91
    This peter Berg-produced show is filmed in a low-key style that makes Roach's life seem all the more dramatic. [27 Jan 2012, p.68]
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  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Cynthia Fuchs
    Jan 20, 2012
    90
    On Freddie Roach [is] Peter Berg's extraordinary six-part HBO series.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jan 19, 2012
    60
    It's a show for a very narrow slice of the channel's subscribers.

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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. MarcDoyle
    9
    It's a touching doc, with a spare approach that hearkens back to Friday Night Lights in its feel. Most boxers are damaged people who have lived tough lives. Freddie is no exception. I familiarized myself with him around 1998 when was training my favorite boxer Johnny Tapia. He's a special guy, and this program doesn't sugarcoat things.… Expand
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