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High Flying Bird

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A sports agent pitches a controversial business opportunity to a rookie basketball player during a lockout.
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High Flying Bird takes a thoughtful and engrossing look at professional sports that sees Steven Soderbergh continuing to test the limits of new filmmaking technology.

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Guy Lodge Guardian 12/11/2019
4/5
Soderbergh's liveliest, most big-thinking work since Magic Mike, this is a quick, zingy, all-business sports drama that plays like Jerry Maguire with twin degrees in economics and sociology. Go to Full Review
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader 12/11/2019
Directed, shot, and edited by Steven Soderbergh, this cerebral Netflix original is an even more incisive drama about the business of sports than Moneyball. Go to Full Review
Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle 12/11/2019
McCraney understands rhythm and melody. His dialogue has real musicality, and these actors -- this cast is so good -- deliver their lines accordingly; they know when to lean into the beat, when to sotto voce, when to sound the timpani. Go to Full Review
Aaron Charles InSession Film 05/10/2024
B
It is flashy, stylish, and perceptive. Go to Full Review
Dallas King Flick Feast 11/10/2022
4/5
Easily the best film about sports since Moneyball and a complete slam dunk for Soderbergh who is having a much more significant and successful return from retirement than Michael Jordan! Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/21/2022
4/5
As a filmmaker who likes to tackle a variety of subjects in a variety of different ways, this is a movie right up Soderbergh’s alley. Go to Full Review
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thiago s @Thiagostone Aug 19 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more David G 11/03/2024 I get the whole point of the movie. But I found it incredibly boring. See more Andrea C 06/13/2023 Interessante ed originale film sul basket, o meglio sul mondo che gira intorno al basket professionistico negli USA. La situazione del cosiddetto "lockout", molto reale in quanto più volte accaduta dagli anni '90 in poi, viene ben raccontata ed analizzata, così come l'utilizzo dei social media come parte ormai totalmente integrante della comunicazione (anche ad alti livelli) ed in grado di essere enormemente centrale nella sceneggiatura. Molto interessante l'inserimento delle testimonianze di 3 veri giocatori NBA sui loro anni da matricole nella lega. Purtroppo questo è l'unico accenno di "realtà" presente nel film; tutto il resto è frutto di fantasia, prendere o lasciare. Parte però della bravura dello sceneggiatore e del regista Soderbergh è proprio quella di far sembrare la trama qualcosa di realmente accaduto, per nulla semplice o scontato. See more HENRY A 06/02/2023 Perfect movie to see during the NBA Finals, taught me what it was all about. The Game. See more Jackson M @Nshvlleindie 02/15/2023 Low energy, no plot, and poor cinematography. See more 01/21/2022 Technically fascinating - it was shot an iPhone, meaning we get to see events from perspectives rarely possible with more conventional techniques. It's well-acted also, a decent script - it's just a little dramatically inert, especially of you're sporting interests lie outside the NBA. It raises important issues around race in the context of professional sport and economics, but it needs more to grip us and make us care See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A sports agent pitches a controversial business opportunity to a rookie basketball player during a lockout.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Producer
Joseph Malloch
Screenwriter
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Production Co
Extension 765
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 8, 2019
Runtime
1h 30m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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