Maleesha Ekanayake

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This is a good and very enjoyable movie. It is well-cast, well-acted, well-shot, and tells a great story about how Michael Jordan may have almost single-handedly transformed Nike from a one billion dollar, newly gone public company into a multi-national corporate giant thanks to the vision of Nike's basketball execs Sonny Vaccaro, played brilliantly by Matt Damon, and Rob Strasser, likewise played brilliantly by Jason Bateman. Ben Affleck captures some of the quirks Nike's founder and CEO Phil Knight is known for, and Chris Tucker as the company's most conspicuous Black executive nearly steals the show. Matthew Maher as Nike shoe designer Peter Moore also deserves special mention for a small, but key, part very well-played. Viola Davis seems a bit flat as Michael's mother because for some reason either the writers did not give her a good script or she just did not get into her role, but because she is so gifted we have come to expect Oscar performances in all her films. My main criticism is the decision not to give Michael Jordan or the actor who plays him a speaking part, especially given how much Damon hypes him and his persona throughout the movie to persuade Nike to sign him and persuade him to sign with Nike. A post-career Jordan does show up in the credits talking about his mother with her in the room, but given his impact on Nike and athlete endorsement deals generally, we should have heard and seen more from him. I expect to see some Oscar nominations from this one. The credits describe Sonny Vaccaro as a major force behind the lawsuit which allows college athletes to be paid for their name, image and likeness uses, so let me suggest that the Air producers make a new movie showing how Damon playing Vaccaro has made it happen.

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