Marion Jones: Press Pause

Year: 2010

Grade: C

Country: USA

Director: Singleton

Review

puff piece that tries to make marion jones look like she’s reformed and was never that bad a person to begin with. she cops to what she did at a couple points in the documentary, but then also  tries to equivocate or explain away what happened. she says that her going to jail came down to a split second decision to lie when asked if she knew about, or had ever seen, the steroids the interviewer was holding in front of her. in reality, she went to jail because she constantly tried to keep her drug use a secret thinking she’d never get caught. not to mention the check fraud that she was involved with or the bad husbands she married along the way. it’s a story of redemption where there really isn’t much. she’s a marginal wnba player and a marginal human who took us for a ride because she has lots of talent and a good smile.

Short