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(1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1   3.5/5 "Like the heavyweight prize-fighter in his prime, this is documentary stripped back to its leanest form."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson B "Hey, if I were Toback, I wouldn't exactly be poking this guy with a stick either, but the ultimate purpose of Tyson is a budding mystery that's never quite solved."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf A "Whatever preconceptions you have about Tyson will be challenged in a modern story of self-destruction and renewal that is as much about one vulnerable man's desperate need for guidance and security as it is a reflection on American society, the media, and"   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Tyson is about the processes that make Mike Tyson."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "...there ultimately reaches a point at which the former fighter's relentless chattering simply becomes too much to take."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair "This raging bull...is unaware how simultaneously untouchable and vulnerable he is."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit "Tyson is indeed an intriguingly contradictory hulk, but he's far from the troubling Caliban Toback's own obsessions with athleticism and negritude make him out to be"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce B+ "May be more argument than even-handed report, but it's likely to alter people's opinions about its subject while reinforcing their amazement at his career in the ring."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "For better or worse, this is Tyson on Tyson--not The True Story of Mike Tyson."   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 3/4 "Ultimately, this may be the closest we'll ever get to understanding how Mike feels about himself, and there's value in viewing that assessment."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 8/10 "Until I saw Tyson, I wouldn't have believed it possible to film a one-sided documentary that felt truthful and complete.""   DVDTown.com   James Plath 3/5 "Tyson may be the case of a subject not quite ready for primetime, a man still smarting from his past wounds, too narcissistic, frankly, to be very interesting."   Filmcritic.com   Jay Antani "The most remarkable revelation of the movie is its subject's thoughtful, reflective eloquence and unflinching self-perception...Tyson may or may not be entirely who he says he is, but he's probably not who we thought he was, either."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 3/6 "The mostly first-person documentary Tyson isn’t a dud, exactly, but it does feel like a missed opportunity."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich B+ "Toback keeps himself out of the picture and doesn't follow every angle to the most satisfying conclusion...but he sure gives us a Mike Tyson to reconsider."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[S]erves only to show us a reprehensible example of the worst of American manhood, and of American celebrity...."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson "Ultimately proves too subjective to truly get at the heart and mind-frame of its iconic subject."   The Screengrab   Nick Schager 5/5 "This is an extraordinary portrait of a complicated and contradictory man and regardless of your previously held views towards him, it is complex and thoughtful enough to force you to reconsider and reshape them as a result."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "For a documentary, this film isn't remotely balanced, telling the story only through the eyes of the boxer himself, along with historical footage. But it's so expertly assembled that it's absolutely riveting."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "Tyson doesn't pretend to be a balanced picture, but it's a fascinating peek into a teeming, demon-filled brain that isn't like anyone else's."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "There has been a lot of backlash by those accusing the boxer of lying, but that is not the point of this Tyson-Toback collaboration. It is Tyson's story, truth or not, from his viewpoint and that is what we get."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "Some of the best boxing action to be had in any film and an inside look at one of America's toughest survivors."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 2.5/4 "A one-sided account of Mike Tyson's compelling rise and fall, told by the man who lived the tale."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell  (1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1