rumble is a fumble

 Will Smith sure does look funny in boxing shorts.

Ali goes nowhere, slowly. The movie starts with his first Joe Frasier fight and ends with the "Rumble in the Jungle" fight. In between, there's a mish-mash of music video montages and oblique historizing. For being the most talked about athlete of all time, Ali came out dull in Ali.

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