More Than a Game
(Documentary)
With: LeBron James, Dru Joyce, Romeo Travis, Sian Cotton, Willie McGee.
The object of helmer Kristopher Belman's attention for about eight years, the story involves high schoolers who, since grade school, had played for the same coach: Dru Joyce, who left corporate America to find more meaning in his life and found more than he bargained for at St. Vincent-St. Mary. Belman has solid material to work with, courtesy of James, Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton and Willie McGee, who were joined by Romeo Travis and together terrorized the Ohio competition. Belman and editor V. Scott Balcerek shape a propulsive, fast-breaking narrative that doesn't quite follow the conventions of fiction, although it sometimes seems like a fairy tale.
Camera (color, HD), Belman; editor, V. Scott Balcerek; music, Harvey Mason. Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Real to Reel), Sept. 6, 2008. MPAA Rating: PG. Running time: 105 MIN.
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