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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew Taylor“No No” is a jazzy, joyful exploration of a man that, if he wasn’t able to actually change the system, was at least happy with giving it the middle finger.
- 78Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesThe film provides invaluable context in its detailing of institutional racism in the Sixties and Seventies and in its emphasis on Ellis as an advocate for equality and as a righteous shit-stirrer.
- 75McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreRadice has delivered an engaging portrait of a loose cannon back when professional sports still produced such unfiltered creatures, a man who lived by his own rules, said what he thought and wore curlers to practice when he felt like it.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThe fact is, Dock Ellis was...complicated. Probably a lot more so than No No makes him out to be.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleThe film is fine in depicting Ellis' times, but it's mostly how he came to realize that he had a serious problem and turned his life around to become a drug-abuse counselor. He died in 2008 at age 63.
- 70Village VoiceKatherine VuVillage VoiceKatherine VuThere's enough diamond lore here to please baseball diehards, but Ellis's outsize life will grip even casual fans.
- 70The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinDespite the abbreviated ending, No No: A Dockumentary is nevertheless a compelling, deeply moving, fun look at the highs and lows of a bygone era.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert Abele[An] engaging portrait of a complicated but vivid sports figure.
- 70The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe New York TimesDaniel M. GoldAs this smart and sympathetic profile shows, Dock Ellis didn’t need a no-hitter, stoned or otherwise, to define himself; he was his own best work.