Run Ricky Run (30 for 30)
2010
Ricky Williams was a legendary college running back at the University of Texas. He then embarked on an up and down NFL career which included a number of marijuana-related excursions out of the league up to Canada and back again. This documentary attempts to track the later half of his career while he played with the Miami Dolphins.
On the whole, I was expecting more but I don't know exactly what. The documentary is not particularly memorable as far as 30 for 30s are concerned. I've watched it multiple times but I have not been able to gain much from it other than Ricky enjoyed(s) smoking dope and in that habit he had a number of issues with fitting in to normal society. I can relate to that feeling certainly. Not all of us are square pegs fitting into square holes. Ricky elicits a certain amount of sympathy since he is a searcher, someone looking for something deeper and more meaningful than fame or fortune.
That said, I came away not understanding much more about Ricky Williams than I knew before watching this documentary. As someone who really enjoyed watching him while he was at Texas and wanted him to succeed at the NFL level, I am left to wonder what could have been if Ricky would have stayed clean at the NFL. For these reasons, I would rate this 30 for 30 a 2 star. It came my interest the first time I watched it in the hopes that I was going to gain substantial insight but that is about all.
2 stars
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