Review of The Other Dream Team (2012) by Jason S — 03 Feb 2013

Great film through the lens of Basketball, but captures the story of a nation and its people.

This review of The Other Dream Team (2012) was written by Jason S on 03 Feb 2013.

The Other Dream Team has generally received very positive reviews.

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I LOVE THIS MOVIE. It's SOOOOOO well done. A friend of my brother said, There's basketball, and the Olympics, and the Grateful Dead…

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By Joshua F (508) on 03 Aug 2014

I never knew why there was a Grateful Dead tie-in to the Lithuanian basketball team. A decent history lesson and a sports movie, rolled into one…

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By Paulius K (1) on 05 Oct 2012

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Clearly, there's a story here. The documentary The Other Dream Team tells it in a smart, lively, if somewhat hectic fashion…

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Markevicius tells this incredible yarn through the significantly less exciting format of an ESPN-style documentary, which gets the job done…

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If you're someone who finds history in text books to often be difficult to read, this film approaches history from a human and cultural perspective…

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