Smith and Mann deserve Oscar nods but the film could have been better

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2002)

Ali is a good film that could have been great. Will Smith plays Ali with great passiond vigor. Micheal Mann direction and cinematography is some the best work he has ever done, but the film drags in its second half and ends on a dry note. I think the film should ahve covered Ali's whole life not just ten years. For that the film gets *** out ****.