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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Toback has found a documentary subject as tragic and ridiculous, as bizarre and driven, as the heroes of his other films. Read full review

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A documentary with no pretense of objectivity. Here is Mike Tyson's story in his own words, and it is surprisingly persuasive. Read full review

  • 90
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    By getting Tyson to open up as he has, Toback has succeeded in illuminating one of the most polarizing, complex and -- the film almost forces one to admit -- misunderstood figures of our time. Read full review

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Mr. Toback's film, partly because it restricts itself to Mr. Tyson's point of view, offers a rare and vivid study in the complexity of a single suffering, raging soul. It is not an entirely trustworthy movie, but it does feel profoundly honest. Read full review

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    The result is as gripping as a title fight and as mesmerizing as a conversation with a cobra. You may not be happy with everything said, but you will not be bored. Read full review

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    You won't know what hit you after watching Tyson. This power punch to the gut is one of the best movies of any kind this year. Read full review

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Terrifically compelling and, more than that, unexpectedly moving. Read full review

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Ray Bennett

    It's a sympathetic portrait of a complex man driven by an anger that still bubbles beneath the surface. Read full review

  • 80
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    What's so affecting about him in the film, though, is that he doesn't seem monstrous at all. To the contrary, Iron Mike, having meted out epic suffering in the ring and other venues, seems to be a man who has suffered genuinely, even terribly, in the course of a life that he never believed would last 40 years. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The result is flashy, but the meaning is a bit of a bob and weave. Read full review

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