Tyson

To make a great documentary you must find a fascinating subject and follow it wherever it takes you. Tyson is such a documentary not just because Mike Tyson is a complex man, but because the filmmaker James Toback is his friend... Full review

I wouldn't want to be Mike Tyson, not in a million years or for a million dollars, at any stage of his life. He grew up on the mean, poor streets of Brooklyn, stole and robbed in his young teen years,... Full review

I wouldn't want to be Mike Tyson, not in a million years or for a million dollars, at any stage of his life. He grew up on the mean, poor streets of Brooklyn, stole and robbed in his young teen years,... Full review

Who knew that Mike Tyson had this inside of him? The best parts of TYSON are when Mike confesses his origins. I won't spoil it, but watching this documentary makes you understand why he is the way he is. The cinematography... Full review

"Tyson" has it all. A confessional film that showcases just how crazy, funny, spiritual, fun, pained, and fascinating the troubled boxer is as a man. He grew up in Brooklyn, the product of a rough neighborhood and constant bullying. He tried... Full review

An excellent narrative on Mike Tyson's life from his point of view. The narrative is all done by Mike himself. Watching this movie you feel like you're sitting in front of Mike Tyson asking him to tell you his life story.... Full review

Man where do I start... One must watch this picture in order to really gain all the positives from this. This is the real deal ladies and gents. Mike Tyson the man. I repeat, he is the man. The greatest fighter... Full review

Mike Tyson, probably the greatest heavy weight to ever walk the earth during a short span of 2 to 3 years. Why do you think all the other great heavyweights waited until he was well aged before they fought him. No... Full review

I can't see anything that latter years fake tyson could do that would be accepatble by anyone>? #My feeling is Small t is looking for someone to say that he was honest in his endevevours yet all he left behind was... Full review

I was fortunate (?) to have been in the Catskill (later Cus D'Amato) Boxing club with Mike in the early to mid 80's and as such got to see him just as he was starting to get the acclaim that would... Full review

Whatever you think of him by the end, it's a remarkable film.....FOR those of us who grew up watching Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson was always a disappointment.....If heavyweight boxing is largely an American-dominated sport, this movie can rightly be called an American epic.....It's clear that Toback believes him and just as clear Tyson's sexual appetites are one of his greatest weaknesses..... ... Full Review

Deploying multiple split screens and a discreet but effective score, Tyson is hugely absorbing at the same time.... ... Full Review

Tyson has the rage of an uncaged animal, the voice of a poindexter and the soul of a self-taught poet.....There is great archival footage here.... ... Full Review

the film is mostly just former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson talking about his life, which is illustrated by news footage and fight highlights -....Tyson is at times charming, at times offensive, but always fascinating..... ... Full Review

Tyson is its most illuminating --....the late, great Cus D'Amato --.... ... Full Review

I am not a person that seeks out many documentaries. I enjoy watching them whenever I do see them, but I don't hunt them down the way so many others do. ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES - NBC has scheduled next year's Emmy Awards for August, instead of September when they're usually aired. The network says the decision to slot the TV awards show for Sunday, Aug. 29, was made early to get a... ... Full Article

Moore's picture, which accuses capitalism of being both unchristian and anti-American, was not the only notable omission. The Academy's longlist of 15 pictures also snubbed James Toback's illuminating Tyson documentary and RJ Cutler's The September Issue , which went behind... ... Full Article

WENN 2009-11-15 14:48:01 - Oprah Winfrey has publicly apologized to actress Robin Givens for not attacking her ex-husband Mike Tyson's domestic violence boasts when he was a guest on her show recently. ... Full Article

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who was arrested in a scuffle with a photographer, could be sent to jail if he's found to have violated probation from a 2007 drug case, officials said yesterday. ... Full Article

The toughest fight in Mike Tyson's life never involved the likes of Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis. It involved Tyson versus Tyson. As for Tyson's second toughest fight, it continues, and it will never end. ... Full Article