When We Were Kings

Pros: Ali as you may never have heard him before; fascinating; well-done; music
Cons: not more BB King

Many of you only know Muhammed Ali, born Cassius Clay, as a former athlete now afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease. Maybe you have seen replays on TV of his boxing bouts against other former boxing greats like Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray ...

Pros: You can't find a cast like this anywhere else
Cons: Hero worship

When We Were Kings is justly praised. Telling the story of the 1974 heavyweight title fight in Zaire between challenger Muhammad Ali and champion George Foreman, the legendary "Rumble in the Jungle," the film is way beyond the quality and...

Pros: Simply put superb, an inspirational and lovingly crafted insight into professional sports most memorable event.
Cons: The cons few and far between....

WWWK is Leon Gast's Oscar winning documentary that tells the story of one of professional sports most iconic and extraordinary events. Namely the 1974 showdown which saw Muammed Ali take on George Foreman for the world heavy weight title, against the...

Pros: cinematography, originality
Cons: interviews, repetition

The 1974 heavyweight championship fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali is the subject of this film, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A pair of famous journalists who attended the fight, George Plimpton and Norman Mailer,...

Pros: A fine documentary about boxing the way it used to be
Cons: None

For those readers my age (26) who know that Ali is "The Greatest" but don't entirely know why, this movie will clear things up. It took Leon Gast 20 years to bring his footage to the big screen, but the wait was well worth it, and the movie...

Pros: informative and exciting doc. about Ali
Cons: none

Unfortunately Siskel and Ebert's "two thumbs up" don't give enough praise to Leon Gast's awesome documentary. In a time in which heavyweight boxing was in it's true golden years, two of the greatest boxers of all time step into the...

Pros: intense, motivating,
Cons: rather a mens movie

wow.
i went to see this movie in one of those really intellectual theatres with old seats and and a really tiny screen. i did not know what to expect from this documentary. in the end i was stunned.
there are two major reasons why i think the...

Pros: Seeing Muhammad Ali In His Prime, Exhaustive Interviews With Norman Mailer and George Plimpton,
Cons: More People Didn't See It

I missed this when it was in the theater, and didn't catch it until it was on Sundance Channel last year. i had heard all the hype surrounding this movie, and knew that it had won an academy award for best documentary feature, but hadn't had the time to...

Pros: Moving, surprising and energetic.
Cons: None.

WHEN WE WERE KINGS: One of the greatest fights in history was the “Rumble in the Jungle” (1974, Kinshasa, Zaire), pitting Mohammed Ali against the reigning world champion, George Forman. Twenty years later, film maker Leon Gast has woven unseen...

Pros: entertaining, not full of boxing shots
Cons: .........................

This is not a boxing movie. It does include some small shots of boxing in it and is centred around the boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman. However this Documentary can be loved by all, not just boxing fans.

Mohammed Ali...

Pros: Fascinating documentary about a charismatic fighter
Cons: It's boxing history - so you know what happens

Voted the Best Documentary of 1996 by the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Assoc., and the Broadcast Film Critics Assoc., "When We Were Kings" is a joyous affirmation of the...

Pros: great music, great narration, great action, great cinema
Cons: fairly long, but thats about it

if you hate most documentaries like i do, then do NOT miss this movie. not only is it the best documentary i've ever seen, its one of my top five favorite movies ever.

this movie has it all. want a good soundtrack? how about some of the...

Pros: INSPIRATIONAL
Cons: MUST BE ABLE TO SEE AROUND BOXING

This movie is a story akin to the Odyssey. Our hero, Muhammad Ali, in stages of his life from young brash and undisciplined, to religious formation and dedication, to persecution, loss of fame and fortune, and finally redemption of the greatest...

Pros: Too many to list....I really can't say enough about this
Cons: Perhaps too short, I wish it were longer

Ok, right off the bat I might as well tell you that this is a documentary about boxing.

Wait! Wait! Hold on a second! Come back!

In the interest of full disclosure, and to point out how powerful this film is, you should know...

Pros: Nostalgic trip of Ali's "rumble in the jungle"
Cons: Okay, you DO appreciate this more if you enjoy even a tiny bit of boxing

These days, it's difficult to picture boxing superstars as having a strategy, their hulking forms just sort of sluffing steps while they attempt to pound each other into some sort of submission. And you really won't witness anything much different...