Air
critic Reviews
, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A fact-based drama that no one will dunk on, Air aims to dramatize events that changed the sports world forever -- and hits almost nothing but net.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristina NewlandiNews.co.uk
Affleck’s diamond-studded comedic timing and commitment to telling a compelling story well give it oomph.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreUdita JhunjhunwalaScroll.in
Air is a quick-paced entertainer with glib dialogue, humour and a wonderful sense of nostalgia for the 1980s.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
Once you’ve made peace with those really narrow parameters, what you see on screen – ie virtually nothing of Jordan himself – kind of works.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
There’s not an ounce of fat on this film’s physique, and Affleck keeps the pace moving even though everything that’s happening is entirely driven by the dialogue.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowMovie Mom
Affleck is a fine actor and a better-than-fine director. As an actor since childhood, his skill at selecting the right actors and allowing them to do their best is to be expected. He also has an exceptional sense of narrative structure.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDwight BrownDwightBrownInk.com
Affleck, the cast, crew and script put you in a time capsule and take you back to the ’80s.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJoseph TomastikLoud and Clear Reviews
If you’re like me and think that a shoe is a shoe is a shoe ... then Air will probably come across as either painfully pretentious or hilariously melodramatic.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames Preston PooleDiscussing Film
Gathering together an embarrassment of behind and in-front-of-the-camera talent, Ben Affleck uses earnest thematic depth and strong period detail to turn a story about a business deal into something much more poignant.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDenise PieniazekPuesta en Escena (AR)
The dynamic rhythm and the accurate direction of Ben Affleck, together with the good balance between humor and emotion, produce an entertaining work. The film manages to portray in detail the period climate of the '80s, mainly thanks to its setting.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCalum CooperFlick Feast
Air grippingly examines not just the race to secure Jordan, but it fundamentally understands what it was about both the man and the brand that was so appealing.
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