rating represent negative while half starpart ithis television movie ( michael jordan represent an american hero ) be a perfect example of an idea that should have go no further than lunch conversation . first and i will address the general task of make average to below average basketball player look like great player on film . usually and this fail miserably . filmmaker like to employ cutaway and basketball double and trampoline and 8 foot rim and and the like and to try to make actor look like basketball legend and and it just doesn not come off . this be especially true of film depiction of nba basketball . the game have a fluid look on television . there be no cutaway for dunk and shot . we see most of the action in continuous shot . filmmaker and on the other hand and like to show an actor leap into the air or shoot the ball and then cutaway to a low shot of that actor in mid air or a shot of the ball in the air and then cutaway to the actor throw the ball through the basket or a shot of the ball go through the basket . all this edit magic do be bring home the reality that we be watch some actor and who be probably an average athlete at best and try to convince u that he be one of the great athlete of all time ( in this case and michael jordan ) . it doesn not work . however and that be not to say that film can not convincingly portray great athlete on screen . it just easier with most other sport . football and hockey player play in uniform that obscure facial detail and so real player can double for actor in game scene . baseball be televise in the visual cutaway style often employ in film and so filmmaker can use cutaway to make up for athletic shortcoming of actor . basketball be different . at it high level and it be a game play by big men in three dimension and and player do not wear mask or helmet . audience can tell when a 6 foot three actor play 6 foot six be dunk on a 9 foot rim double a a 10 foot rim . it a matter of scale . so the task of have actor and michael jace ( 6 foot three ) convincingly re enact play career moment of michael jordan ( 6 foot six ) have build in problem . a it happen and michael jace bear a reasonable physical resemblance to michael jordan and when jace be play the bald and late 20 and early 30 and michael jordan . however and jace make a poor late teen and early 20 and michael jordan and and the makeup department give jace an awful wig ( about an inch too long ) to play the young jordan . a for the rest of the cast and the familiar face be all fine actor in their own right ( ernie hudson a james jordan and debbie allen a delores jordan and and robin given a juanita jordan ) . however and they be all completely wrong for their role and a each bear almost no resemblance to their real life counterpart . albert hall ( apocalypse now ) would have make a much good james jordan and jomarie payton ( family matter ) would have make a much good delores jordan and and cynda williams ( one false move and mo well blue ) would have make a much good juanita jordan . however and the filmmaker be more concerned with get high profile actor to portray michael jordan close family member than with get good actor who bore some physical resemblance to these family member . the filmmaker probably could have save money with actor who be good choice for these role . a for this film version of michael jordan life and it awful . at time and it unclear a to what event be be depict and at other time and it inappropriately change key moment of event for dramatic purpose and and at other time and it just bad . i shall address some of these problem in the order that they occur in the film represent ( 1 ) jordan march 1995 comeback game in real life and it be vs. the indiana pacer and at market square arena in indiana while in the film and it appear to be vs. the new york knicks in chicago . ( 2 ) michael jace take over the jordan role a jordan prepares to head to north carolina for his freshman year of college while jace look at least 10 year old and at this point in the story and than the actor who portray jordan in jordan last two year of high school . ( 3 ) dean smith some chubby guy with brown hair appear to portray north carolina men basketball team head coach while he look nothing like dean smith while the film doesn not even mention the name dean smith and probably because the filmmaker do not bother to cast an actor who look anything like dean smith while this seem a major oversight for the role of such an important figure in jordan basketball development . ( 4 ) player resemblance there be not a player depict in this film who be portray by an actor who look more than remotely like that player and except for jace a michael jordan . ( 5 ) no official nba team logo and court logo and stadium logo kill reality . ( more later ) .