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The Day Sports Stood Still
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The Day Sports Stood Still

2021 · 95 min Documentary
6.4 / 10 · TMDB

The story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. This sports documentary is a chronicle of the abrupt stoppage, athletes’ prominent role in the cultural reckoning on racial injustices that escalated during the pandemic, and the complex return to competition in the summer and fall.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Antoine Fuqua

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Chris Paul

Chris Paul

Self

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Natasha Cloud

Self

Mookie Betts

Mookie Betts

Self

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Malika Andrews

Self

Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Karl-Anthony Towns

Karl-Anthony Towns

Self

Adam Silver

Adam Silver

Self

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Self

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