Shooting Stars

"A relatively sturdy retelling."

"(A) lovingly rendered adaptation that covers all the early career highlights, albeit sometimes in sanitised form."

"It is an inspiring story, no surprise, told with a great deal of warmth."

"It’s stubbornly undramatic."

"I have to imagine this was more memorable as prose than as training montage."

"An entertaining docudrama that rarely digs beneath the surface..."

"There’s a compelling story here, but this version isn’t it."

"It’s a familiar B-level sports story... buoyed only slightly by its talented young cast."

"It’s not going to the Hall of Fame for basketball movies, but it’s just good enough to eke out a win in the end."

"Unfortunately, LeBron James is the least interesting part of this LeBron James origin story... But this is a nice, inspiring film."

"Every moment and image is so perfectly shaped and presented, and rings so true..."