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Michael Jordan to the Max
Giant Screen Sports


8.7

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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Doug Collins, Bob Greene, Bob Costas, Dean Smith, Deloris Jordan, and Bill Murray

The film, narrated by Laurence Fishburne, focuses on Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls.

GENRE(S):	Documentary
WRITTEN BY:	Jonathan Hock
DIRECTED BY:	Don Kempf James D. Stern
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: February 13, 2001 Video: February 13, 2001 Theatrical: May 5, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	46 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

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.

New York Post Hannah Brown

Just as spectacular as seeing the view from Everest or other natural wonders caught by the IMAX technology.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Made with such verve and clarity that you don't have to be a basketball fan to enjoy it.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

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.

Miami Herald Charles Savage

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.

Time Richard Corliss

An adoring tone and the familiar slo-mo, wide-angle baskebatics.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

A highly conventional 2-D infomercial.

New York Daily News Denene Millner

We get zilch on what kind of human being he is.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Monotonous.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Essentially just a promotional film for Jordan as a product. It plays like a commercial for itself.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

There's not much substantive food for thought.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

The format and the purposeful blandness of the script make Jordan seem remote, more icon than human being.

Variety Robert Koehler

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.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Unlike Michael Jordan, this 45-minute large-format movie demonstrates mostly unrealized potential.

LA Weekly David Davis

Ultimately, it's as vapid as (Michael Jordan's) perfume and as disposable as a pair of his Hanes.

The average user rating for this movie is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

willie w. gave it a10:
MJ has always been the best, look at where he is at.

Lowel A. gave it a10:
50 greatest player of all time, I can say he's the eight wonders of the world ill give it a perfect ten.

craig d. gave it a10:
Its the best film jordon has ever done.

Varun S. gave it a10:
Oops! can't give more than 10, otherwise would have given atleast 23, lol.

Amon K. gave it a10:
Lol.

da a. gave it a10:
Micheal is the best.

Embet P. gave it a10:
He already proved his critics wrong and left them hiding in their mothers' skirts......let's just enjoy the moments of the greatest athlete of all time.....(if there's someone coming better...it's gonna be fun)...to the critics:you guys were all great in giving criticisms...why? because you don't know the meaning of appreciation and "passion"....congratulations for being such great losers...hehehehe.

Michael Jordan to the Max Giant Screen Sports

Michael Jordan to the Max
Giant Screen Sports