Review of I Am Ali (2014) by Scott M — 12 Jan 2016

I'm a huge Ali fan and this documentary is absolutely beautiful. A wonderful tribute to an astonishing life.

This review of I Am Ali (2014) was written by Scott M on 12 Jan 2016.

I Am Ali has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of I Am Ali

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 28 Nov 2014

Any movie about one of sport's most intriguing and heroic characters is never going to be dull…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Angie Errigo (463) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 28 Nov 2014

The word 'icon' is overused but as this charming Muhammad Ali portrait shows, occasionally it's utterly warranted…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Kathy R (73) on 09 Oct 2014

Very emotional, insightful and inspiring…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Dylan D (818) on 27 Mar 2015

Review: I was really looking forward to this movie because it's been some time since there has been a documentary on Ali, but this movie didn't…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 21 Mar 2017

Retracing Muhammad Ali's vibrant life is an opportunity for audiences to reexamine American history, race relations, the civil rights movement,…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Geedup (96) on 09 Dec 2014

Perhaps it is the well documented life of Ali, that made this documentary ho-hum…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By James Luxford (227) for Radio Times (2,421) on 28 Nov 2014

There have been far more detailed and objective examinations, most notably William Klein's Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, but I Am Ali at least…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

The movie loses momentum the more it relies on what is supposed to be its novel aspect, the participation of Ali family members…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 01 Dec 2014

If I Am Ali is one of the less impressive documentaries about Muhammad Ali, that's mainly because of the exceptional standard of many of the…

Read Review

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Oct 2014

It offers a plethora of personal accounts, practically all of which are unabashedly laudatory, that provide a fuller picture of its subject's…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Jesus Camp (2006)

By Jess B (231) on 29 Aug 2009

This doc was not good, it just focussed on one group of Christians and it was depressing to see how these kids were at the verge of being brainwashed…

Read Review

Review of Dig! (2004)

By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 06 Apr 2005

A messy home movie about the competition between two overindulged rock bands. Much angst. Little talent…

Read Review

Review of In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

By Butch H (108) on 06 Sep 2008

Started to watch this and it was so irritating in the way it was made I gave it ten minutes to improve. It didn't…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

I Am Ali

2014

65%36 Reviews

Down Under

2016

58%15 Reviews

TC 2000

1993

41%7 Reviews

Abuse of Weakness

2013

60%35 Reviews

Pixels

2015

47%1,083 Reviews

Excision

2012

61%194 Reviews

Tom and Huck

1995

49%244 Reviews

Pulse

1988

49%472 Reviews

Musafir

2004

55%9 Reviews

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004

73%558 Reviews