True story of how Nike man Matt Damon managed to woo Michael Jordan (who's never shown, like Mohammed) into signing with the brand, mainly through contact with his powerfully influential mother Viola Davis, and how it changed deals for sponsorship for sports people for ever.
It's well enough written and made, but doesn't really connect with me. The little humour comes out at the end - Damon's attempt at track running, followed by conversation with basketball expert at convenience store - "Everyone knew Jordan was great".
With Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina (obnoxious agent), Julius Tennon (Jordan's father), Chris Tucker, Matthew Maher (designer).
Robert Richardson's photography is quite - how can I put it - gloomy? Which is a surprise. Of course Ben's going to work with editor William (Argo) Goldenberg again. The music is almost all eighties numbers, mostly of the unwelcome kind. Oh look - there's our Ai-Ling Lee again, secreted away in the credits as Supervising Sound Designer. As usual, didn't really notice it, except in the scene where Damon first meets Davis and they go 'out back'.
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