Affleck’s diamond-studded comedic timing and commitment to telling a compelling story well give it oomph.

Air is a quick-paced entertainer with glib dialogue, humour and a wonderful sense of nostalgia for the 1980s.

Once you’ve made peace with those really narrow parameters, what you see on screen – ie virtually nothing of Jordan himself – kind of works.

The best part for me is it’s only tangentially related to sports, barely even showing Michael Jordan. To be honest it makes you wish it showed Jordan. But that movie is mostly concerned with Nike’s breakthrough on Jordan’s coattails.