Linsanity

Name: Linsanity
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 4, 2013
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Jeremy Lin

2013

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| Release Date: October 4, 2013 | PG

Starring: Jeremy Lin

Summary: Basketball sensation Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. State high school champion, all-Ivy League at Harvard, undrafted by the NBA and unwanted there: his story started long before he landed on Broadway.

Director: Evan Leong

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 89 min

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Justin Chang

Jul 29, 2013

Evan Jackson Leong’s film makes the most of its superior access and exciting basketball footage, overcoming repetitive stretches by sheer dint of a tremendous underdog story. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Jul 29, 2013

Linsanity reaffirms that the best sports stories originate with dimensional, relatable subjects who earn respect and admiration through their personal struggles and triumphs. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Oct 3, 2013

[An] enjoyable documentary. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Oct 4, 2013

It’s an only-in-America success story worth recounting. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Oct 10, 2013

Lively, if overlong, documentary. Read full review

Peter Hartlaub

Oct 3, 2013

Leong is a San Francisco native, and the documentary has a strong local feel. Lin's high school basketball coach Peter Diepenbrock and his shooting coach Doc Scheppler are interviewed extensively, as are both parents and Lin's brothers. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Oct 3, 2013

This nothing-new-here documentary presents basketball’s onetime celebrity point guard in unguarded moments. But the result is banal and fawning, with Lin coming off as a pious, charmless subject. Read full review

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