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| The Most Persuasive Grassroots Flick of 2009
“Don't be fooled by the price tag: This pitch-perfect documentary
shows the collateral damage when a team leaves town.”
— Sports Illustrated
| | ★★★★ out of ★★★★★
“The movie's unsettling truth is out there for all to learn: A fan's love
for their team can be taken away by outside forces...
That series of
unfortunate events is expertly recounted and explained in the
absorbing documentary, Sonicsgate.”
— Pete Croatto, AMC Film Critic
| | ★★★½ out of ★★★★
“More than just a sports film, Sonicsgate also reveals some larger truths
about government and big business, that ultimately everything comes down
to ego, power and money.”
— Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times Movie Review
| | “A brilliant documentary...”
— Matt Moore, NBC Sports
| | “Sonicsgate succeeds mightily...”
— Henry Abbott, TrueHoop via ESPN.com
| | “The Sonics were stolen from Seattle — literally, STOLEN, and if
you don't believe me, watch this movie.”
— Bill Simmons, Page 2 via ESPN.com
| | “A meticulous examination of the political malfeasance, conspiracy
and media cover ups that led to the team's relocation.”
— Karen Quinn, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
| | “Sonicsgate is a must see for any sports fan.”
— Tim Hall, Seattle PI Reader Blog
| | “The makers of Sonicsgate have reminded us that virtually no team,
however entrenched in their community, is immune to the economic and
political forces that could take them elsewhere at any moment.”
— Preston Bounds, Sports Business Daily
| | “This is unequivocally the most exciting political drama since 'All The President's Men',
another movie with some pretty heroic journalists.”
— Bill White, Seattle Post-Globe
| | “Reid's film is about love, loss and the heartache that ensues when
a beloved enterprise decides to skip town, the removal of the Supersonics
from Seattle leaving a hole the size of which still hasn't been fully calculated”
— Sara Michelle Fetters, MovieFreak.com
| | “Sonicsgate examines in meticulous detail the process by which Bennett
purchased the team from Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz, promised to
stay in Seattle, then took a chainsaw to the Sonics' 40-year roots. Director
Jason Reid masks neither his love for the Sonics nor his utter disdain for
Bennett, Schultz, NBA Commissioner David Stern or anyone else involved
in the deception perpetrated on Sonics fans, the government of Washington
and Seattle as a whole.”
— Willamette Week
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