The Greatest? not quite, but a very good movie.

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2002)

Micheal Mann is a favorite of mine. His quick cutting, intense movie directing really makes movie watching fun. Ali is a film with top notch acting, with Will Smith proving that he is an established one. No body could of portrayed Ali any better. I would give him an oscar for this performance without any doubt. Jamie Foxx was hilarious and this is a breakthrough role for him. His stock went up after delivering a very good performance. John Voight's transformation into Howard Cosell was amazing. He talked and looked just like him. So your not a big Ali fan? then you might be dissapointed with this film. Micheal Mann intended the audience to already know about the greatest boxer of all time. If you expect to see many of Ali's fights then you might be dissapointed. This movie is intended to give the audience a perspective of his life out of the ring and all the drama he went through. After the 3 hr's is up, i respected Ali more than I ever did. The movie was slow paced, they should of showed more bouts, including the Joe Frazier battles, all of them, because after all that was Ali's number one rival. Overall a very good movie, with very good acting and directing, and a good script. *** 3 stars