A documentary on the life and feats of Shane Warne, arguably cricket's greatest ever spin bowler.
A fairly interesting documentary. It covers well Warne's history from pre-cricket days to fame and then to retirement from the game. We get a sense of what drives him and made him great as well as the sacrifices he had to make. One of these sacrifices is on the family side and we get to see how his career affected his wife and children.
The interviews with Warne himself aren't bad and give a decent insight into his mentality and passion.
Far from brilliant though. While many of the interviewees are relevant and insightful, e.g. Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Ian Botham, Merv Hughes, many of the interviews are just people (some of whom are great cricketers in their own right) saying how great he is without contributing anything substantial. It gets a bit one-dimensional after a while.
The worst offenders are the interviewees who have nothing to do with cricket - Chris Martin (of Coldplay, not the New Zealand cricketer), Ray Martin and, worst of all, Ed Sheeran. Heaven knows why they were interviewed. If I want to hear someone banging on about how great Shane Warne is, they should at least be someone who has played cricket at the highest level themselves.
