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Tyson

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Tyson

TV-MA

1995

1h 50m

Drama

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Boxer Mike Tyson's (Michael Jai White) life story shows his rise to heavyweight champion and his plunge to felon.

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

The most remarkable revelation of the movie is its subject's thoughtful, reflective eloquence and unflinching self-perception.

Aug 23, 2009

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Urban Cinefile

A deft combination of Tyson telling his story, his boxing matches and the media view from the day makes this a left-right combo punch that hits the mark for both boxing and documentary fans

Jul 29, 2009

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

It's more in the details and in the margins that "Tyson" is riveting, and what Tyson sometimes reveals unintentionally.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 26, 2009

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This is a pretty decent movie for the first half of his career before the incidents that would change the wild story you already know.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/18/21

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Tyson had potential to be a rather good TV Movie and while Jai White looks spitting image of the titular character the film itself is plagued with issues. The script is atrocious, it's horrifyingly bad. All Scott literally does is go on a tangent, stops with a pause and says something inspiring, rinse and repeat for the next forty minutes. Jai White plays Tyson as if he's mentally retarded or so incredibly dumb he can't understand anything. He also plays the character in two separate fashions and not the psychological part you'd imagine, oh no. He plays him as innocent, then as a manic in the next scene and that sounds about right but it's pulled off so badly it feels like two distinct characters and with the limited acting capability he actually has its embarrassing to watch.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Ironic. Was inspired by the editing style of the Tyson documentary, took a break and this was playing on the tube. George C. Scott is the perfect Cus D'Amato ! great casting and solid HBO movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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and za osca goes too..George C Scott in....Man getting Hit by Tyson....."arrrgh my face!" hahah nah but seriously i really enjoyed this. the bad ass cop from terminator plays don king! christ i had to look it up to make sure it wasnt actually him.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

this was an excellent film

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Following the early years of Mike Tyson's career. Michael Jai White is excellent in his role as Tyson.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Uli Edel

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Michael Jai White

Mike Tyson

George C. Scott

Cus D'Amato

Paul Winfield

Don King

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Rory Holloway

Tony Lo Bianco

Jim Jacobs

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Synopsis

Boxer Mike Tyson's (Michael Jai White) life story shows his rise to heavyweight champion and his plunge to felon.

Director: Uli Edel
Producer: David Blocker
Screenwriter: José Torres
Production Co: HBO Films, Edgar J. Scherick Associates
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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