The point is?...

Rating: 3/10 (7 January 2002)

I like (the man), Ali. I like the sport. I love what Ali did for the sport, but I could have learned just as much about him by watching old ABC Sports reruns. This was a hollow shell of a movie, there really was little here.
Will Smith did an EXCELLENT job with Ali's mannerisms, voice, and look. For a while it was like looking at the Ali of old. Good job.
But even with that, this film flounders. No real direction, no real insight. Too bad. I would have loved to have actually learned something about the man. Instead we get a rundown of his career up to Foreman. And that's barely half the amazing things he accomplished!
I wanted more. Ali deserves more.
Make no mistake, Ali is THE champ. Too bad this movie is not.