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RogerEbert.comApr 22, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Yes, there are parts of They Call Me Magic, especially in the first half, that are a little manufactured to continue a love affair that basketball fans have been having for four decades now, but those shallow segments are overwhelmed by ones that are richly true and vulnerable. Magic was a leader on the court. Earvin has been one everywhere else.
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Apr 21, 2022
Season 1 Review:
They Call Me Magic is slickly made but totally unambitious, and the story is accordingly shallow. Wearing that other hat, though, the childlike hat of someone who came of age just barely after Magic’s heyday, to be able to see him in action, to watch the rivalries play out, and to learn about his and the NBA’s ascent just before Michael Jordan launched them to the stratosphere—this is never anything less than a familiar thrill.
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The GuardianApr 22, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Combine basketball’s opacity with the blandly pleasant positivity of the interviewees, and you have a documentary where everything seems to just happen naturally. ... Earvin “Magic” Johnson is the cream, the best, on a level above the A list – but when there’s such an overwhelming winner, there’s no sport.
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