The Air Up There
7,795
Comedy
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Author | Review | ||
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United States | Variety | "The action in this basketball-oriented yarn isn't exactly fantastic, but it is mildly entertaining" | NEU |
United Kingdom | Empire | "However average it is, it still passes an hour and a half." | NEU |
United States | ReelViews | "A lightweight, brainless family movie chronicling the triumph of the underdog." | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "A feeble and simplistic attempt at an adventure comedy" | NEG |
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