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By Bill Edelstein (19) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Sep 2014

While the film’s sense of chronology is at times strained and its tale of redemption hardly unique, its subject is certainly one of a kind…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 03 Sep 2014

The film provides invaluable context in its detailing of institutional racism in the Sixties and Seventies and in its emphasis on Ellis as…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 03 Sep 2014

[An] engaging portrait of a complicated but vivid sports figure…

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By Daniel M. Gold (107) for New York Times (5,786) on 03 Sep 2014

As this smart and sympathetic profile shows, Dock Ellis didn’t need a no-hitter, stoned or otherwise, to define himself; he was his own best work…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 03 Sep 2014

The idea that documentarian Jeffrey Radice would make the episode both the hook and the opener for his film is to be expected — it’s an…

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By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 03 Sep 2014

They absolutely, positively don't make 'em like that anymore…

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By Leba Hertz (37) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Sep 2014

The film is fine in depicting Ellis' times, but it's mostly how he came to realize that he had a serious problem and turned his life around…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 02 Sep 2014

Despite the abbreviated ending, No No: A Dockumentary is nevertheless a compelling, deeply moving, fun look at the highs and lows of a bygone era…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Sep 2014

The fact is, Dock Ellis was...complicated. Probably a lot more so than No No makes him out to be…

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By Katherine Vu (8) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Sep 2014

There's enough diamond lore here to please baseball diehards, but Ellis's outsize life will grip even casual fans…

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By Duane Byrge (235) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 01 Sep 2014

Radice's filmic delivery breaks sharply from just a sports-story to an intensely personal story as well as a glimpse into the social/political…

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By Rob Staeger (71) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Sep 2014

There's enough diamond lore here to please baseball diehards, but Ellis's outsize life will grip even casual fans…

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By Don R. Lewis (103) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Sep 2014

No No: A Dockumentary really covers a lot of ground, and I felt there were at least 3-4 different documentaries contained in the film that…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 31 Aug 2014

Radice has delivered an engaging portrait of a loose cannon back when professional sports still produced such unfiltered creatures, a man who…

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By Christopher Campbell (291) for Nonfics (197) on 29 May 2014

Probably the best documentary that could be made about this subject, it's still a fairly standard work as far as technique and form are concerned…

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By Jessica Bryce Young (5) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 01 Apr 2014

Director Jeff Radice's skillful interviews are ably underpinned with original music by Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz and killer music supervision…

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By Rex A (227) on 12 Mar 2014

Tells an incredible story and magnifies it for emotional impact. Highly recommend , even to non-sports folks…

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By Kevin Ketchum (6) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 12 Mar 2014

A film so vital and full of life that it almost becomes essential…

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By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 Feb 2014

“No No” is a jazzy, joyful exploration of a man that, if he wasn’t able to actually change the system, was at least happy with giving…

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