City of Ali

Name: City of Ali
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-06-04

How do you say goodbye to the greatest?

Documentary1h 21m

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City of Ali is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of how the death of Muhammad Ali brought the people of his Kentucky hometown - and the world - together for one unforgettable week.

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7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

Peter Rainer

RTChristian Science MonitorJun 21, 2021

The film is decidedly hagiographic but, in a time of heightened racial unrest, it's worth being reminded of the fighter Ali's origins.

Odie Henderson

RTRogerEbert.comJun 4, 2021

Like many of the onscreen interviewees, I found myself tearing up several times, even when I knew the film was taking quick jabs at my tear ducts.

Ben Kenigsberg

RTNew York TimesJun 3, 2021

Muhammad Ali is probably already the most dramatized and documentarized athlete in film history, and "City of Ali" makes for an extremely lightweight addition to the former heavyweight champion's cinematic universe.

Charles Solomon

RTFilmWeek (LAist)Jun 8, 2021

It really is quite moving. It's a little too long... but an interesting film altogether.