At first I was skeptical about the documentary Tyson, because I saw Tyson's name in the credits as, I believe, one of the Executive Directors. So how honest can a documentary about one's self be? But I was surprised if not shocked by the candidness of this film. Tyson shares all, from venereal diseases to drug abuse to his complete apathy toward boxing toward the end of his career. The only subject we can dare question is his rape conviction, but he is so painfully candid about everything else, it's hard not to take him at his word about that as well. It's pretty hard to sympathize with a multimillionaire who calls twenty or thirty million dollars a "small amount of money," but the purpose of this movie isn't to make anyone sympathize, but rather simply to tell a true story with brutal honesty. And of course even that honesty is filtered through the point of view of Tyson himself, the primary narrator who is talking about himself, but that is okay. because nowhere in Tyson does the film mislead us into thinking it is anything else. This is probably the most honest documentary you are likely to see.
Review of Tyson
