It Ain't Over
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 12, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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13
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91
Original-CinLiam LaceyMay 24, 2023
A warm-hearted look back at one of professional sport’s most colourful folk heroes, the late Yogi Berra, the documentary, It Ain’ Over, is also a film with a score to settle. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisJul 5, 2023
Above everything else, this tribute is a valentine to a man you can’t help but love. Read full review
88
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJun 12, 2023
This is the kind of movie that makes you want to sit through the credits, and not for some “hidden” scene featuring superheroes eating shawarma. Rather, it’s because it’s so pleasant you won’t want It Ain’t Over to be over. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 18, 2023
It’s not a warts-and-all treatment because, at least in this telling, there are no warts. It’s more about securing Berra among a new generation of fans as one of the greatest players who ever lived. And on that front, it more than succeeds. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMay 12, 2023
Serving as a potent reminder of the stellar athletic ability that, in time, had been overshadowed by his admittedly outsized personality, the affectionate It Ain’t Over offers a winning coda to the career assessment of the late, great Yogi Berra. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithMay 12, 2023
The movie about his life and legend, written and directed by Sean Mullin, has two purposes and succeeds delightfully at both. Read full review
80
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 11, 2023
A lively, engaging and moving documentary. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMay 19, 2023
Sean Mullin’s documentary It Ain’t Over is literally inside baseball. The film is essentially a Berra family project, an attempt to rehabilitate the professional reputation of someone who often doesn’t get his due as a player. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMay 19, 2023
The movie itself is more of a square than a circle — straightforward and honorific, peppered with old and newer archival footage. Read full review
75
Washington PostThomas FloydMay 16, 2023
Berra’s advice, of course, tends to be dizzyingly contradictory but deceptively simple. The same could be said of It Ain’t Over, which zips through Berra’s life without ever feeling rushed. When it comes to Mullin’s well-paced depiction of a misunderstood legend, Berra’s words put it best: “You can observe a lot by watching.” Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 16, 2023
It’s a sweetly sentimental documentary, acknowledging Berra’s own role in leaning into the “cartoon” image that the sporting media built around him and the confusion that created. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMay 12, 2023
The Berra family tells the stories with familiarity and affection, often laughing or crying: this is well-trod ground, tall tales, the narrative of their family. Read full review
70
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 12, 2023
[An] affectionate documentary. Read full review
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