Rotten
Working a bit too hard to send the crowd into a frenzy, the action in this basketball-oriented yarn isn't exactly fantastic, but it is mildly entertaining.
Brian Lowry, Variety
The Air Up There
Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame.
1994 · 1h 47m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Paul Michael Glaser
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The Air Up There
Overview
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Director and cast
- Paul Michael Glaser Director
- Kevin Bacon as Jimmy Dolan
- Charles Gitonga Maina as Saleh
- Yolanda Vazquez as Sister Susan
- Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole as Nyaga
- Sean McCann as Ray Fox
- Dennis Patrick as Father O'Hara
- Ilo Mutombo as Mifundo
- Nigel Miguel as Halawi
- Eric Menyuk as Mark Collins
- Keith Gibbs as Buddy Wilson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Children may find this funny, but the film isn't geared to very young audiences. It includes much more violence and profanity than its PG rating indicates.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Like the multitude of Disney visitors to Africa before (and after) him, he must learn to respect the noble savages he wishes to exploit. Saleh and his Winabis are not for sale -- at least, not immediately.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
Neither Max Apple's script nor Paul M. Glaser's direction succeeds in convincing you that these characters live, or that this story has anything to do with any thing.
David Mills, Washington Post
Rotten
A lightweight, brainless family movie chronicling the triumph of the underdog.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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