This movie has a lot going for it. A decent script, strong lead performances, good direction and cinematography, last but not least, the looming shadow of history.
Still 'One Night in Miami' is a bit like an Avengers movie. It is packed with superheroes, whose superpowers you already know from other comic books and who are so larger than life, that in sharing the center of one single movie, they seem cramped together even on the big screen. Despite your knowledge that Malcolm X is gonna preach, Mohammed Ali is gonna throw witty punchlines, Sam Cooke's gonna sing...watching their communion and them fighting that one Great Evil together (in their minds) can be fun, but can also cause oversaturation.
Still 'One Night in Miami' is a bit like an Avengers movie. It is packed with superheroes, whose superpowers you already know from other comic books and who are so larger than life, that in sharing the center of one single movie, they seem cramped together even on the big screen. Despite your knowledge that Malcolm X is gonna preach, Mohammed Ali is gonna throw witty punchlines, Sam Cooke's gonna sing...watching their communion and them fighting that one Great Evil together (in their minds) can be fun, but can also cause oversaturation.