More Than a Game 2008 Watch Free in HD

This documentary chronicles the early career of NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame. The five star athletes burned up the courts throughout Ohio, but James' ever-increasing celebrity threatened to tear apart all the five had worked so hard to achieve.

Genre:

Sport, Documentary

Actors:

LeBron James, Dru Joyce, Romeo Travis, Sian Cotton, Willie McGee, Connor Flynn

Director:

Kristopher Belman

Country:

United States

Release:

2008

IMDb:

7.6

Quality:

Duration:

105 min

Detroit News

Expertly orchestrated and unavoidably moving, More Than a Game is nevertheless your standard inspirational sports story about spunky kids who defy the odds to become champions.

October 16, 2009

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Kansas City Star

There's plenty to both cheer and ponder.

October 23, 2009

DCist

While not a particularly great documentary, it succeeds hugely at what it sets out to do, aided by a dramatic storyline that would probably be dismissed as too fantastically implausible if it was in a fiction film.

June 13, 2010

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Toronto Star

It drags in places, becomes repetitive and could use a more rigid hand in editing, but it also has a kind of pleasing earnestness that would be lost in a more sophisticated effort.

October 30, 2009

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Entertainment Spectrum

No make-believe Hollywood script could match this once-in-a-lifetime, all-American story.

October 24, 2009

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I.E. Weekly

Like a gambler with an inside bet, you can know the final score, but still enjoy every second of the game.

October 16, 2009

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Jam! Movies

The story itself would be largely untold if Belman hadn't wheedled his way into their trust, filming his own footage and being granted use of a wealth of home-movie material.

October 30, 2009

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Dallas Morning News

More Than a Game is more than a feature-length profile of LeBron James, and that's good news.

October 16, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

The filmmakers go a little too far with the superlatives, at times trying to portray these gifted and often immature players as bigger underdogs than they appear to be in real life. But the movie is comprehensive and interesting...

October 16, 2009

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

What's amazing, and what Belman captures perfectly, is how Coach Dru achieves his dream of becoming a head coach by being a role model to these boys in need.

October 22, 2009

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Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

What a cool documentary. What a cool memoir.

December 17, 2009

Globe and Mail

Really, it's just an extension of the LeBron James brand, released to coincide with a book on the same subject and designed to explore the star's humble roots even while further buffing his galactic glitter.

October 30, 2009

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