Tyson Reviews
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sbs.com.au
Boxing fans will be thrilled by Toback's film, filled as it is with multi-camera angles and behind-the-scenes footage of some of the greatest fights in the sports history.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Whether or not the troubled Mike deserves our sympathy, is left up to the viewer.
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| Original Score: B+
About.com
Toback's approach to Tyson pulls no punches. It is extraordinarily revealing.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Washington Times
Utterly absorbing and fascinating, Tyson captivates viewers for its 90 minutes.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Movie Metropolis
Until I saw Tyson, I wouldn't have believed it possible to film a one-sided documentary that felt truthful and complete."
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| Original Score: 8/10
Times-Picayune
Tyson's dissection of his own struggles makes the film hard to turn away from. In that respect, Tyson is a lot like a train wreck. In fact, Tyson's life is like a train wreck in a lot of ways.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
You certainly hope that the humility Mike Tyson is showing these days is genuine and not just an act.
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| Original Score: 3/4
MovieTime, ABC Radio National
In the end this is an unflinching portrait of a man, honest and beguiling. It puts Tyson's sins into context, but never excuses him. In a way, it's also a very American story about success from nothing and the double-edged sword of money and fame.
The Age (Australia)
There is something compelling about the way he presents his version of the stories and scandals that surround him.
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| Original Score: 3/5
At the Movies (Australia)
In these interviews, there's a strange poetry to the way he talks about his life. I actually found it really moving.
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| Original Score: 4/5
At the Movies (Australia)
He's amazingly frank about some of the people he doesn't like, and he breaks down when he talks about his friends and the people he loved. A surprisingly fine documentary.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Empire Magazine Australasia
Tyson is presented via multiple split screen, with relentlessly frank and rhythmic sentences overlapping one another. The effect is mesmerising.
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| Original Score: 5/5
FILMINK (Australia)
Brutally honest, Tyson offers one perspective on the life of the boxer - his own. This intimate look is enough to carry the film through its fascinating portrait of the fallen hero.
Courier Mail (Australia)
This doco goes a little way to portraying Tyson as more human than animal. Iron Mike even sheds a few tears.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
...if Tyson never manages to charm us, there are other times when he comes off as touchingly naive. He's uncommonly empathetic to those who might think him a monster. It seems he often sometimes thinks of himself the same way.
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| Original Score: 88/100
Eye for Film
Like the heavyweight prize-fighter in his prime, this is documentary stripped back to its leanest form.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
It all adds up to a fascinating psychological study, a film that goes beyond both the public persona and the fighter's own spin to get at the frightened, angry, explosive, yet utterly understandable boy who became a very troubled and very public man.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Charlotte Weekly
A one-sided account of Mike Tyson's compelling rise and fall, told by the man who lived the tale.
| Original Score: 2.5/4
