I Am Bolt

Almost as engaging as the man himself.

Winning docu celebrates world's fastest man; mild cursing.

The trade-off for this access is a reverential attitude and no in-depth questions. It's a deal I found easy to accept, given the film's endearing footage of Bolt at work and play.

Bolt's golden era may be too recent and the sponsors too dominant for any real warts to be included, but his charm and sheer physical wonder make this a compelling watch regardless.

It's not the most probing doco, but the man himself, mobbed wherever he goes, emerges as a genuinely charismatic, likeable individual.

I Am Bolt teaches you nothing at all other than that he's a nice guy, and possibly the greatest track athlete of all time.

This energetic documentary takes an adoring look at Olympic sprinting champion Usain Bolt.

Could there, God forbid, be some scandal or mess in the wings; anything that might complicate our sense of a peerless athlete with the world at his feet? If so, we aren't shown it.

If Bolt's talent continues to defy all explanation, the Turner brothers bring us close enough to it to witness bugs swarming over nerveless knuckles on the start line.

At times, I Am Bolt makes for very rousing viewing. However, there is a dispiriting sense here that the filmmakers don't have full control of their own movie.

There's not a dull moment in sight.

A thrilling and warm documentary of a young man whose name is already in the history books.