Rating of
1/4
Poor Biography picture
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 04/06/10
Not much of a biopic of Ali. It mixes in a lot of things including quite a bit about Malcolm X, but nothing is in-depth enough to have any real meaning. The film follows Ali problems and his success but he never seemed to become a fully realized character. That is not helped by Smith's strange imitating performance that does not work well, and most of the time he gives the same uncaring look even in scenes that it makes no sense whatsoever. It needed a more in-depth look at Muhammad Ali, it is not just a glorification of him since he shows his poor treatment of his wives but it never really gets into that in any meaningful way either.
