The documentary isn't great. It doesn't add a new perspective on Lin's journey, it doesn't shed light on anything that hasn't been revealed already for someone who's followed Lin ever since first witnessing him stripping off his warm-up clothes and running onto the hardwood floors of Madison Square Garden. I guess the coverage of his high-school career was somewhat unique. Some shots were nice and the movie was fairly well done as a whole. It's alright. The scenes with Lin on water are pretty hilarious.

So this isn't a review for the movie, it's more of a review on the Linsanity movement as a whole:

It's the story that carries all the weight. It's the sheer emotion and joy that…

Even by the standards of the modern NBA where players are more encouraged to be themselves and show their personality, Jeremy Lin is a remarkably open and honest figure. Couple this with one of the most compelling individual rises in sporting history, with a trailblazing Asian-American athlete at its center, there was so much to work with. There was seemingly an inordinate amount of footage and access available (apparently Evan Leong had been making a documentary about Lin for years prior to his breakout) and so many different angles to explore in the Linsanity phenomenon that it's hard for me not to feel a bit disappointed by this documentary.

Most of the film, and especially the pre-Linsanity first half, settles…

Jeremy Lin's passion is for basketball. He was a star of high school basketball in California breaking all the records, but for some *reason* the universities weren't banging down his door. However, he did get into Harvard with a perfect math score and there the *reason* becomes more clear: racism. Jeremy Lin as a Taiwanese American doesn't look like a basketball star. Harvard students are shown screaming anti-Asian epithets at Jeremy (not addressed in the film, but WTF Harvard??). Despite being the obvious track, the filmmaker does not make racism the whole story. This is a film about Jeremy's perseverance in the face of the constant set-backs that are put in his path: repeated demotions to the D league, being…

How Faith and Basketball Changed Lin's World

This documentary film has been very impactful to watch. With me personally being Asian American and loving the sport of basketball as well, Linsanity has been crazy to watch.

Being only in fifth or sixth grade, I was ecstatic to see an Asian American basketball player in the NBA go on a crazy run with unbelievable stats. But seeing Lin's journey of faith and in his career has been even more endearing to see. Seeing that despite the struggles of not getting drafting, being left in the sidelines, and facing opposition from management, teammates, and the NBA as a whole, he defied odds and began to keep fighting back.

I truly loved this…