52
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
2(40%)
mixed
3(60%)
negative
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Showing 5 Critic Reviews
70
Uncovers a fascinating and largely forgotten chapter of the game's history that is well worth revisiting.
By Sam Adams
FULL REVIEW 63
A valuable reminder that for nearly three decades, basketball was dominated by Jewish players - and coaches who found the sport an ideal vehicle for assimilation in the United States.
60
The First Basket is more than a triumphalist screw-you to those who think Jews don't play sports.
By Ella Taylor
FULL REVIEW 50
The First Basket, a functional (if narrowly interesting) history lesson by the filmmaker David Vyorst, recollects the rich history of Jewish participation in basketball.
40
A humorless, relentlessly ethnocentric docu about Jews in basketball.
