More Than a Game

Name: More Than a Game
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: October 2, 2009
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Dru Joyce, LeBron James, Romeo Travis

2009

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Lionsgate | Release Date: October 2, 2009 | PG

Starring: Dru Joyce, LeBron James, Romeo Travis

Summary: Five talented young basketball players from Akron, Ohio star in this remarkable true-life coming of age story about uncommon friendship in the face all too common adversities. Coached by a charismatic but inexperienced player’s father, and led by future NBA superstar LeBron James, the “Fab Five’s” improbable seven-year journey leads themFive talented young basketball players from Akron, Ohio star in this remarkable true-life coming of age story about uncommon friendship in the face all too common adversities. Coached by a charismatic but inexperienced player’s father, and led by future NBA superstar LeBron James, the “Fab Five’s” improbable seven-year journey leads them from a decrepit inner-city gym to the doorstep of a national high school championship. Along the way, the close-knit team is repeatedly tested—both on and off the court—as James’ exploding worldwide celebrity threatens to destroy everything they’ve set out to achieve together. More Than a Game combines a series of unforgettable one-on-one interviews with rare news footage, never-before-seen home videos and personal family photographs to bring this heart-warming and wholly American story to life. (Lionsgate)… Expand

Director: Kristopher Belman

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 105 min

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John Anderson

A kind of classic of American sports history. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

It's the die-hard camaraderie that undergirded this squad and lifted it to the top. Read full review

Michael Dequina

The film is filled with extraordinary characters and equally extraordinary circumstances that Hollywood could craft no better in any feature script. Read full review

A.O. Scott

The art is lacking, but the material is remarkable enough to make up for pedestrian filmmaking. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Belman doesn’t look into the bigger problems of James’ team jet-setting across the country during the school year, or the spectacle allowed to build up around him. He cares most about what happens on the court, which is diverting and fun as far as it goes, but not close to the whole story. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

The documentary hasn’t the depth of another study of high school ball, "Hoop Dreams,"' and tends toward repetition, but, in the end, its heartfelt saga scores. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Like one of those five-minute featurettes on star athletes deployed to soak up time on the pregame show -- expanded to a paralytic length. Read full review

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Dec 21, 2018

Best sport documentary ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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