[1] Phil Gallo of Variety complained that "nobody looks quite right" and "there is invariably a thin line between caricature and character.

"[1] Larry Stewart of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review, writing, "The book was good, the movie isn’t.

John Turturro does a decent job portraying Cosell, but his performance isn’t enough to save the movie."

Stewart concludes, "It doesn’t come close to matching a documentary HBO did a couple of years ago titled “Cosell.”"[2] Allen Barra of The New York Times gave the film a more positive review, writing that the film "works because of Mr. Turturro's unabashed joy in playing a part as juicy as Howard Cosell.

"[3] In the same year, Jon Voight portrayed Howard Cosell in the Michael Mann biopic Ali (2001).