A film for Dads. Made by, for, and about Generation X. I actually liked this more than I thought. It didn't sound like a good idea. But watching it, I was hooked - because it's a sports movie, the team being Nike and they need to recruit players who are going to be stars to win their comp, i.e. sales. They are meant to pick three up and comers but instead Matt Damon gambles the house on Michael Jordan.
It works out of course - so many times it doesn't though. Often businesses seek the magic bullet. This time it worked out. I'm sure there's countless times when it didn't.
Viola Davis has incredible gravitas as Jordan's mum. Affleck is a very amiable tycoon. There's some mention of factories in Taiwan but none of sweatshops.
It's an inherently cheap movie - a few people in a room, 80s soundtrack... but somehow this cost $90 million. I guess it was the stars, who also include Chris Tucker (old but still doing his thing) and Jason Bateman.
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