Jim Brown: All American

Name: Jim Brown: All American
Genre: Biography, Sport, Documentary
Released: March 22, 2002
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 51

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HBO Sports | Release Date: March 22, 2002 | Not Rated

Summary: Spike Lee directs this moving portrait of a complicated, charismatic man, one who has spent his life in the spotlight, first making football history as one of the 20th century's greatest athletes, and later as the star of numerous Hollywood features, where he pioneered a new kind of African-American hero. (Film Forum)

Director: Spike Lee

Genre(s): Biography, Sport, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 130 min

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Owen Gleiberman

From what we can tell, Brown was a dancer, all right, in life as well as on the field -- a dancer with a powerful forearm, one that Lee covers in protective padding. Read full review

Stephen Holden

At its most provocative, the movie explores the masculine mystique and the myth of the black stud. Read full review

Jack Mathews

We never really learn what Lee thinks of this man, other than that he is worth every second of a 130-minute documentary. Read full review

Adam Tierney

Jim Brown: All American is visually impressive, but about halfway through the documentary it gets so defensive and excusive that it stalls. It's as if Lee is forming a defense case rather than exhibiting the man's life. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal, the film doesn't ignore the more problematic aspects of Brown's life. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

A model of cohesion and clarity as long as it's dealing with Brown's exemplary public achievements. However, pic quickly becomes mired in tedium and confusion when it turns to Brown's scandal-ridden private life. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Since Lee is a sentimentalist, the film is more worshipful than your random "E! True Hollywood Story." Read full review

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BobF.

Apr 26, 2010

The film could have explore a little more of the dark side, just to show how far he came with Amer-i-can. Brown is the greatest athelete America ever produced, and his current work with gangs and gang violence is front page news - except in America.

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