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I am not from the U.S.A, I have never watched a basketball game ever, I don't know the rules and I only know Michael Jordan from a picture when I was young.

I had nothing to do and randomly clicked this to watch, one of the best Netflix decisions ever.

What an amazing beautifull made documentary. Without having any connection with the sport whatsoever I felt I lived every moment.

Best documentary I have ever seen next to Planet Earth and thats saying something.

As a basketball player who grew up watching Michael Jordan, this documentary was absolutely amazing! For those of you that were too young, this was a great introduction to the best player of all-time! This documentary shows both the ups and downs of one of the best dynasties in sports history and an inside look at one of the best athletes to ever walk this planet! The ONLY people who seem to not like this documentary and rate it low are 12-year old LeBron fans (not all, just the Jordan haters) who can't stand the FACT that 90% of the world thinks Jordan is easily the best ever. It's not even an argument when 9 out of 10 people believe one thing and in this case it's that Jordan is the GOAT. But that 1 out of 10 keep trying...God bless em!

As a basketball lover that grew up watching Michael as an idol this series called "The last dance" is just an amazing dream. I was only a teenager during the 90's with barely access to NBA basketball or footage. So, all the episodes are just amazing. Pretty intense, interesting and an amazing way to understand how Michael Jordan become the best NBA basketball Player of all time and at the same time understand how was his last dance with the Chicago Bulls.

This documentary is about the best player of all-time in Michael Jordan and how he led the best team of all-team in the Chicago Bulls as they make a run for their sixth championship in the last year the team competed together. You don't even have to be a Jordan fan, or even a basketball fan for that matter, to enjoy this documentary. It's terrific, the only thing that I didn't like that much was how they time jumped so much. This documentary has unseen footage and candid interviews as it goes in depths into the team and the pressure they were under to win. It will make you emotionally invested whether you're a fan or not. If you want a compelling documentary on one of the best sports dynasties ever then give this a try!

As a Pacers fan, I HATED Jordan and the Bulls because they were always the team to beat. Watching this as an adult gave me a different perspective and I have to respect Michael Jordan for his leadership and talent. I wish there were 10 more episodes to watch!

Have no words to describe how good this doc is. So we'll written and directed. Perfectly edited. It has incridible interviews with lots of players, journalists, writers, family members and gives you details and a perfect vision about what was that decade. For those like me lived all that emotion, watching every game, this is a must watch doc. For those who didn't lived that, but loves the basketball, it's a must watch, to know what was the biggest team ever. And eve for those who don't care about basketball, is very enjoyable and will love the stories. A great great documentary about the most amazing team, their players, their own stories (lots of them I never heard about it) and, of course, the complete story about the biggest athlete in history. Michael Jordan.

It is the best Basketball Doc-Film for all Time. If you really Love Basketball and you are such a great Chicago Bulls Fan Like me, WATCH IT! Michael Jordan ist still the Greatest of all time.

But also my absolutely favorite Players: Dennis Rodman and Horace Grant will be praised in this phenomenal Documentation. The way the Creators work with Archive Material ist sensationel. The flow of the Editing ist stunning, the Music, the Graphics everything ist AMAZING!!!! The Coolness of "his Airness" is not from this Place, he ist still the best, greatest, coolest, most Genius PLAYER of all time. THE GOAT!

As a Bulls fan living in Canada as a kid, we did not get any of this background information or even regular season highlights. It was amazing to have the full picture of what went on during those seasons.

Awesome and came at perfect timing. With no sports around due to current situation this show has provided much needed boost for all the sports fans around the world. 10/10

I've had never liked Michael Jordan (the hazards of being a Pistons fan I guess, you grab onto anything the slightest bit negative about someone you're predisposed to not like, that confirmation bias), just like as a Tigers, Wings and Lions fan I dislike all the icons over the years with the Sox and Cubs, 'Hawks, or Bears either. The rivalries between Detroit and Chicago with all our rival teams for so many years being in the same conferences and divisions, you are almost expected to loathe each others' teams and fans.

But even 25 years past it's still a real thing, whether justified or not, and I will always consider Jordan a suck for forcing Isiah Thomas off the Dream Team. Other people may be taking flak e.g. Magic Johnson now after so long to get some of it off Jordan, but at the time the sole thing stopping Thomas from (rightfully, it was a real unwarranted slap in the face to him) being on the team was Jordan, and everyone knows it.

It came close to a real abuse of power, in this case star power to interject himself into a decision he should have had zero influence in. That makes it doubly ironic that he didn't help his biggest asset, Scottie Pippen, out by using the undeniable star-power franchise-making influence he had over the entire Bulls organization from bottom to top to force the GM and/or owner to offer Pippen a wage reopener on his contract. Other athletes did this all the time to help out a teammate who got a particularly horrible contract, ones with much less power than Jordan I might add. When Pippen was traded Shaq immediately gave up 2 million dollars a year of his own salary to give directly to Pippen, and they were brand new teammates with no existing relationship of any kind.

That's what a classy player does, or one with the slightest lack of pervasive self regard. At the time I'd hoped it shamed Jordan a bit for Shaq to have done what he did without a second's thought, again, what a class act in comparison, but Jordan has always struck me as an Ayn Rand-type, with that "I at least partially lucked into this lifeboat so I hope the rest of you suckers can swim" attitude, and him never lifting a finger when he could have with absolutely no detriment to himself to make sure one way or another than the league-wide disgrace over the pittance Pippen was paid was rectified. There was no downside to Jordan to help out someone who's supposed to be not just your most needed teammate to help you do the magic, like Messier to Gretzky, but also a friend.

But maybe that really ruthless way of looking at every opportunity or situation on or off the court as toward one single goal, winning, blinded Jordan to this really easy opportunity to do something truly righteous and with the kind of fortune Jordan amassed through sponsorships he could well afford to shave a couple of mil off his Bulls salary to help out Pippen who had arguably earned that money right off Jordan for how they had eyes in the back of their heads knowing every second where the other one was on the court, it was uncanny.

And I haven't even mentioned the series yet I know, but I wanted to give the full context about how many different things I don't like about Michael Jordan before saying how much I loved this documentary series. I'm a big fan of documentaries, but especially longer series versus a feature-length, where the director and writer(s) can really dig into a subject. I watch the classic older docs like "Victory At Sea" or "The World At War" that Laurence Olivier narrated so well, and I try to watch every decent documentary series from all over the world as much as I can (other than cheesy ones with inaccuracies that don't dig very deep into the subject matter, like those churned out by "history-themed" cable channels).

I came into this wanting it to be a total hatefest on my part while watching, about this documentary was so riveting in that way that it makes you forget yourself as well as any preconceived notions one has about Jordan; maybe that is why this has really proved popular beyond all expectation in this weird time we are in. It is the ultimate escapism for a sports fan particularly, and even more particularly when sports of any type are in short supply. And I found something so very unexpected happening inside me, deeply in a way, as a person, seeing Jordan's humanity so fully exposed as it was bound to be with so many thousands of hours of film to go through, it changed the way I feel about Jordan completely just through the reaction of my own basic compassion I develop for anyone I get to know, and I feel like through watching this I really got to know Michael Jordan, the person, not just Michael Jordan, the player.

Beyond reliving something in a way that makes you feel you're right back to all those times if you'd been a basketball fan that long, and feel like you're back there still even if you hadn't been born yet maybe. The series really uses framing of the different time periods very subtly, but while still shifting the mood seamlessly in a second flat... I don't think I've ever quite seen that before. I just turn 50 and this series brought me back with such potent nostalgia to my 20s that I felt like I did watching some of those games for the first time ever, a virtual time machine, and though I still don't like some of his actions and choices back then, "The Last Dance" made me like Michael Jordan, the man. Maybe even love him. And considering my starting point, that is something.

I'll start by saying that the show was mostly good. I remember waking up at 4 am to watch the live playoff games, so it was nice and nostalgic. I wasn't a Bulls fan and wanted Utah to win it, but the show made me appreciate the Bulls more. Having said that, it looks and feels like the show was directed by Jordan himself. Even when they try to show other sides of him, he comes out almost prefectly clean on the other side. I especially didn't like his arrogance and mistreatment of teammates and opponents (like the way me laughed at what Gary Payton said). I understand that in order to make a documentary about Jordan, you need his approval, but I feel it crossed a line. In addition, I think there were too many explanations about why he wanted to win (because, evidently, only winning a championship isn't enough). It was always: the coach said that, so I had to show him, or this player dared to try and win, so he deserved a lesson. So it's a good show, but it's a one man show, and way too kitschy for me.

I know this series is meant to make MJ look like the greatest, but honestly he really is. 1993 finals performance is the greatest finals performance of all time.

We saw Michael Jordan on the court for several years, but this documentary brings you in as if you don't know how it all ends. This documentary is very well put together. It begins the first two episodes with flashbacks between the early start Jordan's career and college days to the career high of champion seasons. The story then moves on to Pippen's story with a similar order (early days then career high), but also a challenging relationship with team ownership. As the series moves on we will get to Rodman and more of Phil Jackson's history with Chicago. The Last Dance is definitely a must see.

I would have given it 10 stars, but there was one thing I didn't like. And that was that Kerr takes such a big part in it (even on the cover) whereas Harper und Longley are almost completely ommited (Longley even more than Harper). I mean Kerr of cource contributed to that team, but nowhere close to Harper and Longley. Yeah, he hit that one important shot, but so did Paxson earlier. He wasn't even in the starting line-up most of the times. Also Kukoc was a far more important player for the Bulls considering the whole season (and I'm sure Kerr would agree with me on that).

Apparantly Harper und Longley were not willing to be interviewed for this documentary. It just could have been even better with them in it.

Nevertheless I really enjoyed watching it and can recommend it to old school fans as well as to people who want to get an impression of that great era of basketball.

As a 18 year old boy that has never seen this team playing live, after watching one episode of this series I felt very excited about the history of Bulls and especially for the Joradn's "Kingdom". You should give a try on this series, undoubtedly!

And this has been a great insight. Never before seen footage makes this a must watch documentary of MJ.

Two episodes in and I am like, give me the whole show, today now i dont give a f... how much does it cost.. Cant wait for the next episodes.... MJ the first sport idol.

I'm huge fan of MJ, having watched him since his NC days. I watched every Bulls game during their championship seasons. I also scored floor seats to his last game @ the United Center when he came back w/the Wizards. (In case you're curious how he was received, arriving with the visiting team - to a standing ovation that lasted so long they had to blink the lights.) This miniseries is PERFECT, it's so well done, it's such a precious gift during quarantine. Watch it now!!

The game of basketball nowadays has evolved. Jordan is the reason why basketball became popular GLOBALLY. Also the kids nowadays need to see why MJ is the G.O.A.T. and not LeBron James.

Back in 2020 when I watched this on Netflix, it delivers an outstanding documentary of Michael Jordan & Chicago Bulls. This documentary totally indicates how the bulls started an all-time dynasty team. I really appreciate the story it was so amazing, MJ shows how to lead a team by motivating his teammates. Scottie Pippen also shares one of his career experiences during his time on the bulls.

Unforgettable moments like the first & second threepeat of the bulls during 90s era. The 1995-1996 season is my favorite episode on this documentary.

Jordan, Pippen and Rodman are the best.

It was so good 10/10.

I really liked this documentary. As a kid growing up during the MJ years, it was a beautiful slice of nostalgia. However, I take some issue in the editing choices. I was perfectly aware of everything going on but still found the back and forth story telling a little much. It began to feel like the drama was being lost in the back and forth for me. Still great.

It started well but as it went by it became a kind of a tribute to Michael Jordan. Honestly, and regardless of the magnificent athlete he was, I doubt that his image comes out well from this show. Before I remembered him as the greatest. After, I am not sure. To be great, you cannot be a bully, a too much self esteemed character, rude for your partners. No matter the good you are, you have to be a good character too. For me, Michael Jordan does seem to be one.

The greatest sports documentary ever made. I have watched this all the way through at least 8 times now and I never get tired of it.