Strong and Moving!

disgusting, overrated, pointless

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Mike Tyson tells the story of his life from the mean streets of Brooklyn to his pigeons and his boxing life and his father figure trainer Cus D'Amato to his failed marriage and prison. It's great to hear him reflect on his life. He strikes me as a simple child-man who has gone through a lot and grown a lot. He seems honest and open. There isn't much that he won't talk about. It's a tour de force performance of a naturally charismatic man. One can see the man truly feel what he's saying. He may not be able to confront all of his demons yet. He is still a work in progress but this is a man on a journey and it's a fascinating one. Filmmaker James Toback dips his toe into documentary and it's a great start.

It is hard to believe that Mike Tyson was bullied as a young boy. We had known about him since he came into the spotlight as one of the best boxers of his generation. In this amazing documentary by James Toback, we get to know more of the man himself, rather than the persona in the media.Early on, Mike Tyson experienced fear as older guys taunted him in his own neighborhood. His passion at that early stage of his life was to raise pigeons. One day, a boy got hold of one of them and killed the bird senselessly. That incident served as a sort of transformation for Mike Tyson to avenge the slaying of the creature he loved.As he grew up, he joined the gang, beginning a career of robbery and getting into trouble. He came from a broken home. Son of a prostitute that decamped the home as Mike was a young boy, he grew up with a lot of anger. It was not until Tyson found boxing that made his attitude change. Finding a role model and a champion in Cus D'Amato, marked a turn for the boxer as he life took a different direction.We are shown moments of triumphs in his amazing career beating opponent after opponent until his incredible defeat. The glamorous life now was accessible to him. Robin Givens and the boxer had a short, but tempestuous marriage that only lasted for a short time. Right after that Tyson was involved in an infamous incident involving Desiree Washington, which caused him to be jailed for a while.The jail experience probably what decelerated his magnificent career. He went from being on top of the world to being the laughing stock and the butt of all kinds of jokes. Fortunately, Mike Tyson finally understood that if he wanted to succeed even more, he had to toe the line. It is amazing he has been able to keep some of the money he made, something that most of his peers have not done.James Toback assembled the material as an intimate conversation of Mike Tyson with the viewer. We feel as though we finally got to know what made the man what he is. Mr. Toback is a wonderful man who we met once casually, but we were impressed by his no nonsense attitude and his approachability. "Tyson" is made better by Mr. Toback's intelligent account on a larger than life personality.

This documentary blew me away, before this I only knew of Mike Tyson the once great boxer who people spoke ill of and referred to as animal, anyone who thinks Mike Tyson is nothing more than an animal needs to see this film, you will only come to find that Tyson was an animal in the ring which is greatly shown in the movie as it details his power, speed, strength and the intense training it took for him to become one of the worlds greatest ever fighters, but it also shows what happened when he stepped out of the ring, his story needs to be heard and the way it has been portrayed in this film is amazing from a modern view not your typical HBO Documentary, if you want to see some brutal but effective fighting narrated by the man himself and also see Tyson like you have never seen him before, watch this movie.

I just want to conquer people and their souls. I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future. I love to hit people. I think I'll take a bath in his blood. I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me. I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain and rip the intestines out. I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe. The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character. When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him. When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it. I used to kill pigeons, rip their heads off, 'You dirty rat pigeon. Don't be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage. I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander! I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless. I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey, there's no one like me - I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me! My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious! I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah. My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.