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"Air," Ben Affleck's funny, moving and surprisingly meaningful tale of how Nike came to create Air Jordan basketball shoes, might have been a real snore.
Ben Affleck’s film about the creation of the Air Jordan is a winner.
Ben Affleck directs a movie that tries (and fails) to squeeze dramatic tension out of the origins of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon and Viola Davis star in this soulless dramatization.
BRIAN VINER: Ben Affleck's film Air tells the story of how the mighty basketball player Michael Jordan, then only on the cusp of greatness, came to sign a merchandising deal with Nike.
Ben Affleck’s legend of the Air Jordan is agreeable and well acted, but also hermetic and superficial.