Boring...as hell, actually

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2003)

Terrible. I don't want to see a non-entertaining "talking head" movie about a cocky, cheating boxer. Sure, he may have been a really good boxer, but Brando's a really good actor and I'd hate to see a bio flick about him. You know why? Because he's self-centered and insane.
There are about three fights in this movie, and yes, they're boring too. Yes, the fight scenes are boring, I never thought I'd say that about a movie, but I did, for Ali.
The fact that Will Smith was nominated for an Oscar for this movie is offensive. He acts the same as he does in almost every one of his other movies: cocky and funny (though he was a lot less funny in Ali, making him just cocky). Oh, well, I guess Smith uses an accent in this, so maybe that's why... ...maybe not. Boring movie, only redeeming factor is Jon Voight, and that's only because Jon Voight's in a movie where he doesn't look or sound like Jon Voight. Bad movie, 5/10.