SummaryEver since Venus and Serena Williams started playing in tennis tournaments, they've provoked strong reactions - from awe and admiration to suspicion and resentment. They've been winning championships for over a decade, pushing the limits of longevity in such a demanding sport. How long can they last? In Venus & Serena, we gain unprecedented acces... Read More
Directed By:Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
Venus and Serena
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Generally Favorable
65
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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May 9, 2013
88
The documentary also reveals the sisters’ almost symbiotic closeness. They live together most of the year, cook together, do karaoke together and joke about how difficult it would be if one chose to get married.
May 16, 2013
75
The directors complied and made some trims, which helps explain why the film works better as a thrilling but superficial celebration of two incredible athletes instead of a personal portrait of two world-famous women who continue to make sports history.
May 9, 2013
70
Me, I wanted to know what these two remarkable young women will obsess about once the whole world has stopped watching, whether they will always be together — and what it would really feel like to be one of their much less famous siblings. We'll probably never know, except in someone else's future fiction feature.
May 10, 2013
67
One of those documentaries that is more testimonial than investigation.
May 9, 2013
63
This documentary, a love letter to their sisterly bond, gives a reasonably engaging look behind the scenes.
May 9, 2013
60
Think of this movie as a greatest-hits package, with some good stuff to show but nothing very new to say.
May 7, 2013
50
Opting for inspiration over insight, Venus and Serena is a starry-eyed pop documentary that cannot transcend its scattershot, for-fans-only filmmaking.
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Nov 5, 2013
7
Interesting and entertaining though it is, this fairly standard documentary on the two extremely talented tennis players never really tells us much that we don't already know from other sources. Archive footage highlights their achievements and individual battles with illness through the years. Also explored is the relationships with their father Richard and each other. One over riding impression given by Serena is that she is actually quite bored. It's all fine and enjoyable, but only to a very iimited point.
Release Date:May 10, 2013
Duration:1 h 39 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Discover the truth behind the legends.
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