Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
The Air Up There has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Air Up There was released in 1994 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 114 reviews, giving The Air Up There (1994) an average rating of 51%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 63%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 54%.
With a score of 51%, The Air Up There is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1994, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1994 with similar scores include films like The Chase and Elektra.
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