Bye Bye Barry

Look, I don't even watch football. I have no team to root for, no real attachment in any way whatsoever ,but I can tell you one thing: this film hit me right in the gut. So if you're a fan of football, imagine someone who isn't familiar with football witness a football player completely obliterate and outwit literally every other football player in his path. And that's just the football side of it. XD he was a human brick wall. Then you have Barry the guy, who basically just shrugs his shoulders and smiles.. like "who me?" And then there's everyone else back in nineteen ninety whatever like "wtf just happened to us?" All those poor lions fans. I felt genuinely depressed they never won when I was watching this. You know it's coming, but you're never truly prepared. It can be juuust a bit uncomfortable and hard to sit through. Barry being Barry is most exemplified with his kids. Just being a dad all casual like and straight faced, like "yeah I was just done with it lol". I've never witnessed anything quite like this documentary in my entire life. It just hits different. Those vintage play by play calls combined with Barry's unreal athleticism is truly something that everyone should experience. As a hardcore baseball fan, It kind of makes me wish I had a football team growing up. That is to say that this doc evokes a sort of nostalgia, and when it's over, you do feel empty. Like that's it, the story is over. You're so invested in this great football player, raised by good parents and coming from a good family. You watch him prove over and over throughout his life what his values were, his convictions. But then you're surprised when he decides to hang it up. Hey, it shocked me to my core and made me realize to everything there is a season, and a time and purpose under heaven. For the people who got to witness it first hand, God bless you. I can only imagine what that would be like. I was ok with what he did and how he said it because it felt true to who he always was from a young age. Like another reviewer pointed out, it seemed like he didn't show a single ounce of emotion his entire life basically. So this was no different. He just decided to bounce, and... well... that's all, folks! With that I'll just close this out by saying it's amazing what kind of legacy someone can leave behind in only 10 years; but a mere blip in time. For that I'll always have fond memories, a non football guy I might add - of the life and times of the great, the mysterious, the football running back superior, in london no longer here with ya, the one, the only, Barry sanders ladies and gentlemen give it up for him... 👏

Been an NFL since the Buccaneers came into the league in 1976. Barry was always the one guy the Bucs hated playing knowing that the Bucs were terrible at that time and in the same division, but that Barry was going to bring it each and every game. I'm glad he finally came out and made peace with a lot of his fans and the NFL community as a whole. A person knows deep inside when it's time to move on, regardless of their profession. I do have two items I'd like to point out. First, I don't agree with this show using that race hustler, Jamele Hill. Of all the out of touch people out there they could have picked, she is at the bottom of my list. However, on a good note, Barry and his wife, Lauren, appeared to have raised four outstanding young men who just happen to be good looking too. Overall, football is exciting and fun to watch, but the end game is that these four young men that will be leaders in our future. Bravo Mr. And Mrs. Sanders!

Barry Sanders has long been one of the most enigmatic figures in NFL history. After a decade of being one of the all-time great running backs, he up and vanished (retired) while still at his peak with no explanation given as to why. In Bye Bye Barry, the filmmakers examine Barry's life and personality in greater detail to try and understand his decision-making process. The reason Bye Bye Barry is such a masterpiece documentary is because it is essentially two things in one 90-minute runtime: First, it is a nostalgic look back at an iconic football talent. All the clips of Sanders making defenders look foolish trying to tackle him are incredible to behold and often narrated by the likes of Madden and Summerall or other great NFL voices. It all adds up to a reminder of Barry's utter greatness and how clearly he was one of the best to ever ply the RB trade. Secondly, this doc is a really effective character study of Barry Sanders the individual. In a sport where ego and bravado often define the great talents, Sanders was the polar opposite. He cared little (actively rejected, in fact) the trappings of fame that came with NFL superstardom. He never celebrated on the field and hardly showed so much as a glint of emotion. As the filmmakers say here, he 100% let his play do his talking for him--and it largely was enough. For a little while after watching, I didn't have Bye Bye Barry at 10/10 stars. The reason? Because as a viewer, you'll be waiting for that crack of emotion from Barry--and it simply never comes. This might leave you feeling a little disappointed. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized it was perfect--because that's just Barry. He has such a conviction towards his ideals that he simply will not break just for the cameras. Not an approach that can (or maybe even should) be taken by everyone, but admirable in its earnestness. Add all that up and this Amazon product is top-level documentary work. You may still not understand exactly why Barry rode off into the sunset so early, but you'll clearly understand that for those who knew him it was no surprise. Just "Barry being Barry".

Amazing movie, the juice d nobody with all the guitars kinda ruined it though. Outside of that I couldn't have more respect for Mr. Sanders, he knew he was great and didn't need numbers or records to prove it. Wasawesome seeing Rodney Peete, Jemele Hill was fun to listen to, he just chewed up yards like I'm chewing up words, apparently have q50 to go. Lions whew, I do remember the great Herman Moore, and I was just a kid, probably liked him better than Barry, Kramer was a highly underrated QB. Motor City Madhouse, I'm just typing what I see now to fill the characters. Barry was really looking forward to playing the Skins.

So who are my top 3? 1-Walter Payton. 2-Barry Sanders. 3-Earl Campbell. What do the three have in common? The franchises they played for squandered their greatness with poor drafting and bad coaching. I watched Barry from his first year in the NFL, absolutely amazed at how great he was. Eminem and others were correct; we'll never see another like Barry. He was truly the epitome of humility. He might have played that tenth season, but playing for such a bad franchise wore him down. Who can blame him? Watching the plays, many of which I recall seeing-were absolutely amazing. But I have to admit, his father was a terrible, mean-spirited person. How that man could believe he was better than Barry... I didn't see him in the NFL and playing sandlot football doesn't make one great except in the neighborhood. Like the entire NFL world, I was shocked and dismayed when Barry left. But, he left his mark on the NFL and I'll always remember him for being one of the greats and a humble man. The NFL has been graced with many great players, and Barry is at the top of that list.

As a Cowboys fan, the whole Barry vs Emmitt thing was prevalent throughout the nineties (in between counting championships of course). I always thought of Emmitt as a reliable .300 singles and doubles hitter while Barry was the home run hitter (who also struck out a ton). And for a time there was a clear question of who would finish their career with more rushing yards. And then, one day, poof, Barry was gone. This documentary calls it the greatest mystery in sports history and I can't argue with that. Most athletes stay in the game way too long. Barry, for some reason, stepped away at the near height of his talents. And while I enjoyed this documentary, it fails to solve that mystery. Sanders never really explains why he walked away from the game that he dominated so well. Was it the devastating injuries to some of his teammates? The Lions ineptitude? Who knows. Maybe, not even Barry Sanders himself.

Barry in his own words. It's a great look into the greatest that ever played covering his career to his family relationships. I think a lot of people who have been Barry fans since his days at Oklahoma State will particularly enjoy the relationship aspects between Barry and his father. It's an NFL production, so there's the expected highlight moments throughout the film to relive or be introduced to his greatness. There's plenty of interviews from people who were questionable choices, but the comments from Barry's teammates and others make up for it. Several in our household that aren't football fans enjoyed it as well.

Good movie!

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Wow! This was an amazing movie! I was glued to the TV with this presentation. I was thinking how entertaining can football clips be, but the directors executed everything perfectly from the story line to the music to the message we left with! You will not be disappointed even if you're not a football fan. The same message applied to so much in life! I cannot wait to watch this again with my boys! Barry was a class act and it's displayed well throughout the storyline. He's such a humble man...thank you for being so much to the hand of football and for setting a great example for the next generation.