Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

TV-14

2013

1h 37m

History

Drama

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Justices (Frank Langella, Danny Glover) of the Supreme Court discuss boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.

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Robert Bianco

USA Today

All in all, it's a worthy subject to be sure. It just probably isn't the subject you might have expected.

Oct 4, 2013

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David Hinckley

New York Daily News

Whether the film gets all the nuances right is hard for civilians to say. But round for round, the fight is surprisingly lively.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 4, 2013

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David Wiegand

San Francisco Chronicle

The actors make Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight seem better than it is, but the real Ali, with all his youth, vigor, bravado and passion, convinces us that he and his case deserved much better.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 4, 2013

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Greg Evans

Bloomberg News

A bland Benjamin Walker and a scowling Pablo Schreiber add little depth to their roles as mouthpieces for either side of history.

Oct 3, 2013

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Simon Gallagher

What Culture

All-in-all it's a strong, if unspectacular piece - an interesting, untold element to a very famous story that undoubtedly deserved to be told, and this feels like the most successful way to have played it.

Rated: 3/5

May 23, 2013

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Audience Member

No Oscar winner, but good story . And cast

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/17/21

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This film gave the audience a look at what went on in the Supreme Court, behind closed doors, during the time when Muhamad Ali had refused to be drafted. I found the film interesting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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An unfairly overlooked and somewhat obscure entry in the array of Ali movies in two acts - the first focusing on the two, champion-making fights with Sonny Liston, the second anticipating the phenomenal 'Rumble in the Jungle'. Avoiding a talking-head or even narrated documentary approach (in contrast to the more popular "When We Were Kings"), Klein brings a gritty, authentic and realistic feel to his own personal Ali chronicle, less story-bound than WWWK and the handful of other Ali biopics, but one which effectively places the viewer slap-bang in the cultural change of mid-60's America and ten years later in a redemption-ready Africa.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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I'm pretty sure I've seen this, and I remember it was good.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

Justices (Frank Langella, Danny Glover) of the Supreme Court discuss boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.

Director: Stephen Frears
Producer: Scott Ferguson
Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo
Production Co: HBO Films, Rainmark Films
Rating: TV-14
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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