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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyA lively, engaging and moving documentary.
- 80Wall Street JournalKyle SmithWall Street JournalKyle SmithThe movie about his life and legend, written and directed by Sean Mullin, has two purposes and succeeds delightfully at both.
- 80Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenServing as a potent reminder of the stellar athletic ability that, in time, had been overshadowed by his admittedly outsized personality, the affectionate It Ain’t Over offers a winning coda to the career assessment of the late, great Yogi Berra.
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt’s not a warts-and-all treatment because, at least in this telling, there are no warts. It’s more about securing Berra among a new generation of fans as one of the greatest players who ever lived. And on that front, it more than succeeds.
- 75RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyThe Berra family tells the stories with familiarity and affection, often laughing or crying: this is well-trod ground, tall tales, the narrative of their family.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s a sweetly sentimental documentary, acknowledging Berra’s own role in leaning into the “cartoon” image that the sporting media built around him and the confusion that created.
- 75Washington PostWashington PostBerra’s advice, of course, tends to be dizzyingly contradictory but deceptively simple. The same could be said of It Ain’t Over, which zips through Berra’s life without ever feeling rushed. When it comes to Mullin’s well-paced depiction of a misunderstood legend, Berra’s words put it best: “You can observe a lot by watching.”
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe movie itself is more of a square than a circle — straightforward and honorific, peppered with old and newer archival footage.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSean Mullin’s documentary It Ain’t Over is literally inside baseball. The film is essentially a Berra family project, an attempt to rehabilitate the professional reputation of someone who often doesn’t get his due as a player.
- 70Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter Rainer[An] affectionate documentary.