The Day Sports Stood Still

Lumpy and ungainly social documentary covers nothing new or distinctive that hasn't featured in other films on the subject (family dislocation and loss of livelihood was not uniquely egregious for national sports stars). Abrupt shift to BLM issues in the second half doesn’t complement the COVID coverage, and does little to delve into or give insight into the social issues at play (I was surprised Trump doesn’t get a mention in either half of the film). Passable, but middling and forgettable.

First, I don't like professional sports or athletes, they're millionaires playing children's games. But this movie is good, a look at terrible 2020 and COVID and the killing of Georgia Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake.

Succeeds in giving first hand account of how athletes experienced this hectic and traumatic times, succeeds less in giving insights into why decision were made precisely and putting it into a broader context.