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Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker

2023

Alex Gibney

Documentary, Self: Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Ion Tiriac ...

6.6

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Documentary Documental (2023). 2 Episodes. The extraordinary life and career of Boris Becker, a six-time Grand Slam champion. Through a series of candid interviews, the film reckons with Becker’s rise and fall. A journey of self-discovery about, by and with someone who loves the game.

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Gibney uses some of his documentaries as a way of venting spleen and some as a means of coming to terms with his own uncertainties. This is in that second mode, but while there’s much to enjoy here, the formal uncertainty nags"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"The film is fabulously paced, nicely shot, and with snappy, illuminating contributions from Borg, McEnroe and an unexpectedly wry Mats Wilander (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Boris Becker is a rich subject for a documentary (...) The picture serves as a deep dive into sports psychology"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Alex Gibney's documentary is ultimately unrevealing about its subject (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Radhika Menon Decider	"While it is naturally big on the technicalities of tennis, there is a humanistic story at the center that is appealing to everyone"
		Craig Mathieson The Age	"It's a perfect distillation of Becker's fall, yet somehow the narrative of this nearly four-hour piece is circuitous and initially somewhat ineffectual (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Benji Wilson Telegraph	"[It] tells a great story and throws in an intriguing thesis to boot (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Xan Brooks Irish Times	"Gripping film about star's astonishing rise and spectacular fall"

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