mjpiro Review of Stephen Curry: Underrated

Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023)

Sharp-Shooting Stephen Curry on the Small Screen!!

[7/10 · 21 July 2023]

Stephen Curry: Underrated is the complete story of the life of one Stephen Curry all the way from his very early years growing up to his latest championship with the Golden State Warriors at the end of the 2021-2022 NBA season. It is told in a documentary style that goes back and fourth from his early adolescent years with his family to his rise to national attention at Davidson University in North Carolina, finally to his most recent success with the Warriors in the NBA. While the documentary does good a job of covering all of Curry's life with interviews from some influential members of his family including dad and former NBA player Dell, mom Sonya, and grandmother Candy Adams it also includes takes from friends and former NBA star Reggie Miller, and current NBA stars Kevin Durant and Draymond Green. The documentary finally features many interviews from Davidson head coach Bob McKillop, a very influential figure throughout Steph's life. The documentary is organized really well and the picture quality for non-archived footage is top notch! The creative team that put this work together was even able to clean up over ten year old footage of Steph Curry and Davidson games in 2007 very well and clear to see for this documentary so kudos to them on their work on this part of the documentary. While this piece covers the entire court about Steph's success in life it mainly focuses on his success and struggles he had at Davidson university, the academic institution that really put Curry on the map and helped him start his game-changing NBA career by making the three-point shot "the thing." The Curry documentary ends on a nice note by coming full circle with Steph coming back to Davidson years after leaving school one year early to depart for the draft to receive his diploma by returning to school for the special ceremony. He also had his number retired on that same night at Davidson, a school that only retires numbers of athletes if they graduate. Peter Nicks did a nice job directing this documentary, it was organized and interesting throughout. Nathan Matthew David did a fine job with the soundtrack to the documentary, it nicely complimented the flow of the footage and was not overwhelming. Stephen Curry: Underrated is rated PG-13 this year the year it was released in 2023 and runs one hour and fifty minutes. If you like basketball, rooting for the little guy, Davidson University, Steph Curry, or the Golden State Warriors then this is the documentary for you. 7 out of 10 stars.