Review of Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) by Jim H — 07 Aug 2014

I'm sure the moviemakers decided to leave off the second half of the real title they wanted to put in because it would've made it too long: "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight⦠And the Doddering, Out-of-Touch, Old Farts That He Decided to Fight Against".

Yeah, sure. Is this a great topic to pick apart in a movie in the modern era? In the modern era? Sure. Is it a good idea with this topic to splice archival footage with current portrayals of the powers that be? Yes, it is.

But spending the first 45 minutes of the movie doing nothing but painting the Supreme Court Justices of that era as narcissistic reasons for mandatory early retirement completely eliminated the objectivity factor for anyone wanting an accurate portrayal of what was going on at that time for this movie.

Is it possible that the justices were as hoity-toity, closed-minded, racist, and secretly horny as the movie portrayed? Surely. Is it possible that Ali was as perfectly honest and innocent in his motives as the movie wanted you to believe? Yes.

But unfortunately, if you didn't do your homework on this topic prior to watching this, then the slanted propaganda that you witnessed over this hour and 45 minutes won't do anything to properly form a decision on this subject in your head.