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When We Were Kings
1997
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3.0
It took director producer Leon Gast 22 years to edit and finance When We Were Kings, his thrilling documentary about the legendary 1974 heavyweight ch ..
EW
3.8
The heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire on Oct. 30, 1974 The Rumble in the Jungle is enshrined as one of the grea ..
Rogerebert
5.0
Parents need to know that When We Were Kings is a documentary about the World Boxing Championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman that w ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
A penetrating emotional analysis of the boxing which is nothing short of inspired.
Time Out
4.5
No comedian was ever funnier, no fighter ever faster than Muhammad Ali, who is caught at the top of his game in Leon Gasts valentine, When We Were Kin ..
1.5
By the time the fighters enter that ring, the excitement factor is almost uncontrollable.
4.0
Boxing, Don King, and Muhammad Ali are synonymous in the minds of many with decadent bloodsport, sleaze, and tragedy respectively.
5.0
When Ali Was Young, Pretty and Powerful WHEN WE WERE KINGS: Documentary.
San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
WHEN WE WERE KINGS LOOKING BACK at recent history, you cant help but wonder whether memory actually squares with reality: Was it all as exciting and i ..
San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
One of the best and most emotionally affecting documentaries ever made.
4.5
Wonderful sports documentary covering the 1974 heavyweight championship fight in Zaire.
Sover
3.8
Despite an intriguing premise and a single great sequence, Us is a muddled affair that goes off the rails the more Peele tries to expand, explore, and ..
ReelViews
4.4
While Taylor Hackford is best known for directing dramas like An Officer and a Gentleman, The Devils Advocate and Ray, his documentaries may be some o ..
Tv Guide
3.0
When We Were Kings is the Oscar winning documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle the fight in Zaire where Muhammad Ali regained his world heavyweigh ..
3.8
Leon Gasts ability as a filmmaker is perhaps best demonstrated when he manages to make the strategy and the execution of the fight both lucid and inte ..
Internet Reviews
5.0
Beyond creating an exceptional documentary, Gast reminds us of the majesty of Muhammad Ali, a man who was, and is, a hero for the ages.
Internet Reviews
2.5
Gast should have known Ali was the best thing he had going for him, but often it seems that the real fight in When We Were Kings is between Gast and h ..
Internet Reviews
0.5
Anyone who sees it and still thinks that the sport is two guys beating each other up just aint paying attention.
Salon
5.0
Someone called him the Elvis of sport because he was a crossover pioneer, sexy and gorgeous, who forced the public to rethink its view of his form of ..
Time
3.8
Muhammad Ali was a remarkable man.The little I know about him comes partly from his position as a cultural icon but mostly from this Academy Award(TM) ..
Movie Habit
3.5
This is a most rewarding picture, full of delightful anecdotes and even touches of suspense.
Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
Both a tribute to Ali and an evocation of a bygone era, its about the transformative moment when black America, flexing its newborn pride, encountered ..
News Week
3.0
Wonderful sports documentary covering the 1974 heavyweight championship fight in Zaire.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
5.0
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Rochester Goes Out
4.4
Simbas face basically remains the same whether hes chasing butterflies or getting trampled by wildebeest hes the Jean Claude Van Damme of CGI animals.
Film Frenzy
3.8
A thoroughly entertaining documentary about a clash between boxing legends.
Cine Matter
2.0
Gast never makes a mistake by turning the camera on Ali he comes through like a champ
Old School Reviews
4.5
Capturing Alis legendary charm and enthusiasm, the moment is utterly enchanting. Hes stunning here, to die for charismatic, terrifically entertaining ..
5.0
Almost too concentrated on Ali, but the story plays well with an exhilarating pace and plenty of well remembered expositional details.
Nonfics
5.0
Doc: Amidst all of the cliches, there is a Final Four to be played Paul Daugherty wants to take a deeper look into why there was so much adversity in ..
Enquirer
3.8
With the odds seemingly stacked against him, and surrounded by press, performers, crooks, and charlatans of every stripe, Ali triumphed, and he did so ..
3.5
When Muhammad Ali achieved victory in Kinshasa on Oct. 30, 1974, he did far more than win a prize fight.
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