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- 100IndieWireMarisa MirabalIndieWireMarisa MirabalAir is a slam dunk and ultimately one of the best sports movies ever made.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeAir reveals how an exceptional Black athlete leveraged his talent and the power of being pursued by a bunch of white men in suits, to change the game. Not just basketball, but the whole field of celebrity endorsements.
- As a sports movie, “Air” is competent in all the right ways — good performances, strong dialogue, and a nice focus on 1980s production design and world-building — landing in the upper echelons of the Dad Movie lexicon.
- 75Slant MagazineGreg NussenSlant MagazineGreg NussenAir is shot through with an infectious energy, but it’s more poignant for the way that it rhymes the histories of its actors in the public eye with all that Nike’s creatives were struggling to reconcile when they were chasing after Jordan.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAir is a beautifully featherweight triumph of “on-the-nose” casting.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeFor most audiences, Air will be worth seeing just for the starry cast — particularly the reunion between Damon and Affleck. Their scenes possess a kinetic and intimate dynamism that the rest of the film approaches but doesn’t always match.
- 63ObserverOliver JonesObserverOliver JonesAs he has shown in other directorial efforts—most especially 2007’s Gone Baby Gone—Affleck has a real knack for both building narrative momentum and attenuating a film’s emotions until they ascend into a satisfying catharsis.
- 60EmpireNick de SemlyenEmpireNick de SemlyenA lot more entertaining and irreverent than the film’s grandiose subtitle, “Courting A Legend”, suggests — even if it’s hardly as trailblazing as the man to whom it pays tribute.