Harvey 🎉 🎆 🎉’s review published on Letterboxd:
Movies based on real events ranked
Oscar Winners (Ranked) (2022)
(Best Actor)
I’m pretty sure everyone in the West who’s ever had even the smallest interest in tennis knows who Serena and Venus Williams are however I didn’t know their story before tennis at all so this was a great watch.
Although now after seeing all of the feature film Oscar winners I do believe that Hidetoshi Nishijima deserved that Best Actor award, however that takes nothing away from Will Smiths performance in this he fully embodied Richard Williams capturing his unwavering determination , resilience and complex personality.
I really should watch the pursuit of happyness because I love him in more serious roles.
I’d 100% watch a “sequel” that then goes on to show Serenas rise and how Venus dealt with the overtaking but I think this does the whole story justice, particularly that ending.