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.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 13, 2010

What a cool documentary. What a cool memoir.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 17, 2009

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 30, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 30, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2009

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

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 24, 2009

There's plenty to both cheer and ponder.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 22, 2009

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.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 16, 2009

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

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 16, 2009

Despite opening with a statement that basketball should be a means to an end rather than an end in itself, the film itself is about 99.9% basketball.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 16, 2009

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...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 16, 2009

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

| Original Score: B- | Oct 16, 2009

Utterly captivating for the humanity at its core.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2009

The film is pretty superficial in its reporting and is by-the-numbers in its storytelling. If the subjects weren't interesting, the movie would be a complete snore.

| Oct 15, 2009

What's almost as impressive as James's talent on the court is his poise and character.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2009

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better documentary about on-court dynamics and off-court camaraderie; but as journalism, it's less than thorough.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 14, 2009

Let's start with the title, which is problematic by nature: There is nothing more than a game on display here.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 14, 2009

It's especially effective in exploring the pressures on the boys and their fragile dreams.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 14, 2009

The skilled editing eventually brings out the personalities of all five players, adding an emotional stake to the footage of key games.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2009