Top Spin (film)

{{Short description|2014 sports documentary film}} {{Infobox film | name = Top Spin | image = Top_Spin_(2014_documentary).jpg | caption = Poster | director = Mina T. Son Sara Newens | producer = Mina T. Son | writer = | starring = Ariel Hsing Michael Landers Lily Zhang | editing = Sara Newens | distributor = The Film Sales Company First Run Features | released = {{Film date|2014|11|15|DOC NYC}} | runtime = 80 minutes | language = English Chinese | budget = }} '''''Top Spin''''' is a 2014 feature-length documentary film directed by Mina T. Son and Sara Newens. It follows the road to the 2012 Summer Olympics of three American table tennis teenager players: Ariel Hsing, Michael Landers, and Lily Zhang.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scheib|first1=Ronnie|title=Film Review: 'Top Spin'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-top-spin-1201438047/|website=Variety|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref>

''Top Spin'' has been premiered at the 2014 DOC NYC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Spin|url=http://www.docnyc.net/film/top-spin/#.V5yvNfkrKM8|website=DocNyc.net|accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref> The documentary has won the Audience Award and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2015 CAAMFest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congratulations to the 2015 CAAMFest Award Winners!|url=http://caamedia.org/blog/2015/03/24/caamfest-2015-award-winners/|website=Caamedia.org|accessdate=30 July 2016|date=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary|url=http://caamfest.com/2015/section/docs/|website=Caamfest.com|accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref> It also won awarded for Best Editing and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=LAAPFF 2015 Award Winners!|url=http://festival.vconline.org/new-blog/2015/5/1/laapff-2015-award-winners|website=Festival.vconline.org|accessdate=30 July 2016|date=1 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top Spin|url=http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/top_spin_2015|website=Laapff.festpro.com|accessdate=30 July 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328231919/http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/top_spin_2015|archivedate=28 March 2015}}</ref> ''Top Spin'' was also nominated for the Documentary Competition at the 2015 Nashville Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing Documentary Films in Competition|url=https://nashvillefilmfestival.org/news/announcing-documentary-films-competition/|website=NashvilleFilmFestival.org|accessdate=30 July 2016}}</ref>

It has a 100% rating, with an average score of 7/10 based on 9 reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Spin (2015)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/top_spin_2014/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref> It has a rating of 81 on Metacritic, stating "Universal acclaim based on 5 critics".<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Spin|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/top-spin|website=Metacritic|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{official website|http://www.topspinmovie.com/}} *{{IMDb title|4219836}}

Category:2014 films Category:2014 documentary films Category:Documentary films about the Olympics Category:Documentary films about sportspeople Category:Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Table tennis films Category:Films about the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:2014 English-language films