72
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerA great doc from Polsky; one more assist from Gretzky.
- 75Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonPhiladelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonPsychologists quoted in the film have a scary-sounding term for one of the ingredients found in most exceptional athletes. It's called a "rage to master."
- 75San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonObviously, sports fans will get the most out of In Search of Greatness. But there are self-help tropes for everyone.
- 75RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe film is a welcome tribute to vision, innovation, and knowledge as more important than technique and training, and encouraging imagination as more important for children than honing sports skills.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAs for Polsky’s own directorial style, it’s breathlessly, haphazardly eccentric, a little too prone to the clichés sports docs use to pump up our adrenaline. But his subjects — kings of the puck, the pigskin and the pitch — are engagingly self-analytical and honest.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough some of its insights might sound like common sense from the outside, the doc sees many places where they go against the grain; it's likely to provoke some "aha" moments even for viewers who couldn't care less about Super Bowls and World Cups.