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Movie Overview
Cast
Sebastian Telfair
Director
Jonathan Hock
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Through The Fire (2005)
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OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten
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"Pedestrian at best as filmmaking, 'Through the Fire' is far different than the cultural document it pretends to be."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
B+
"You know a filmmaker has done his job when his movie appeals even to people who couldn't care less about the subject."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
3/4
"Has plenty of soul, plenty of competitive fire, and plenty of food for thought."
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
3/5
"[Director] Hock's approach is more fly-on-the-wall than exposé."
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
2/5
"a side of basketball that often goes unrevealed"
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
2.5/4
"It's a pleasure to see the articulate, disciplined Telfair succeed where so many other young men have failed, but ultimately his path to success is so smoothly upbeat that there isn't much urgency to it."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
3/4
"Sebastian has the nice-guy charisma of Derek Luke and he's easy to root for"
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
2/4
"
Through the Fire
only touches on the influence big business-driven commerce wields in sports."
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
0/5
"A cynical fraud."
Film Threat
Phil Hall
7/10
"Not just a story of a person but a story of a neighborhood, a city and a plan to escape."
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
3/4
"
Through the Fire
is a well-crafted and illuminating documentary."
Reel.com
Timothy Knight
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