The Air Up There (1994)
"Jimmy Dolan went to recruit a new player. What he found was a whole new ballgame."
ThumbScore
👍 72%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 21%
(RT: 21%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Charles Gitonga Maina as Saleh
Yolanda Vazquez as Sister Susan
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole as Nyaga
Sean McCann as Ray Fox
Dennis Patrick as Father O'Hara
Ilo Mutombo as Mifundo
Nigel Miguel as Halawi
Is The Air Up There good?
Most people think so. 72% audience score, estimated from 173 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 21%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team. Wikipedia ↗
