The upcoming sports movie AIR recently had its premiere at South By South West and the early reactions are overwhelmingly positive.
In fact, the Nike biographical sports drama currently has a 100 percent approval rating on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes. That specifically means that all seventeen reviewers thus far have rated this movie favorably.
As also noted by For The Win’s Cory Woodroof, Variety‘s Peter Debruge called the movie “this generation’s Jerry Maguire“ in his review.
AIR will have its theatrical release in the United States on April 5. But until then, you can watch the trailer to get excited and build anticipation for this movie.
Ben Affleck, who directs the film, also stars as Nike co-founder and former chairman Phil Knight.
The movie tells the story of Knight and the partnership between Michael Jordan and Nike’s basketball division, which eventually led to the creation of the Air Jordan brand.
Affleck stars alongside Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Tucker and Viola Davis. Michael Jordan, a character who does not actually appear in the film, specifically required Affleck to cast Davis to portray his mother.
Could this movie possibly be a contender for another Oscars win for Affleck, who took home the award for Best Picture for Argo in 2013?
