Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker

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Season 1
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Sep 10, 2024
    80
    This is fascinating (meaty; analytical) viewing and a huge treat for tennis aficionados, featuring interviews with John McEnroe, Björn Borg, Novak Djokovic, Ivan Lendl and more.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Radhika Menon
    Apr 17, 2023
    80
    While it is naturally big on the technicalities of tennis, there is a humanistic story at the center that is appealing to everyone.
  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Michael Hogan
    Mar 16, 2023
    80
    Prolixity apart, Boom! Boom! tells a great story and throws in an intriguing thesis to boot.
  5. Movie Nation
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Mar 31, 2023
    63
    “Boom Boom” has a hard time justifying the exhaustive three and a half hours, in two parts, that the irons-in-many-fires Gibney delivered to Apple TV+. In sports metaphor terms, Gibney didn’t lay a glove on him. But it’s still a worthwhile film, simply in a sporting sense.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Mar 16, 2023
    50
    Gibney allows his documentary to meander. This project will struggle to hold the attention of anybody who isn’t a devotee of a specific era of tennis. Even as a tennis fan and somebody who grew up admiring Becker in particular, I found myself frequently pondering how many interesting ideas Gibney has in Boom! Boom! and how poorly they sometimes coalesce.
  7. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Peter Bradshaw
    Mar 16, 2023
    40
    Despite some great archive material and nice interview turns, this documentary portrait of disgraced German tennis legend Boris Becker from film-maker Alex Gibney is a frustrating and disappointing experience – because of the baffling way it is structured, both unrevealing and anticlimactic.