The emphasis on the players' developing mutual trust, is absorbing to watch and cleanly directed.
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06/24/06
Remember the Titans (2000)
72 %
Reviews Counted: 125 Fresh: 90 Rotten:35 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus:
An inspirational crowd-pleaser with a healthy dose of social commentary, Remember the Titans may be predictable, but it’s also well-crafted and features terrific performances.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: While on the surface, high school football may seem like an innocent game played by the young, for the young, it is, in fact, much, much more. For millions, including many fans who are well removed from their high school years but who love to sit in those creaky bleachers every Friday... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Hayden Panettiere, Donald Faison, Wood Harris
Director: Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter: Gregory Allen Howard
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Screenwriter: Gregory Allen Howard
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Reviews
Top Critic
Generally this is a skilful film, subtle as can be expected from a major studio, with involving, detailed characterisations, and the best kind of tear-jerking moments -- those that earn the right to be there.
05/07/01
It's got Denzel Washington in it (generally a good sign), it's not just about gridiron, it's not as predictable as you might think, and it's actually rather good.
04/16/01
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05/29/08
The leads, Denzel Washington and particularly Will Patton, are so good they occasionally make you forget the material is shameless.
03/26/07
Unless you find the idea of such an earnest, well-meaning mixture of rah-rah sports action, social commentary and maudlin tearjerker off-putting from the start, you'll find that this example is professionally crafted and perhaps even momentarily stirring.
07/24/06
The film tries its best not to point fingers and avoids the strawmen racists that are so easily shown in other movies.
03/15/06
... a highly manipulative, utterly predictable and greatly entertaining film
01/29/05
The best performance here, though, is by Will Patton who infuses his Coach Yoast with the humanity that's strangely missing from Washington's Coach Boone.
05/22/03
Remember The Titans won't win any Oscars and it won't explain the rules of American football but the glow will last the whole way home.
04/08/03
A moving story with nice work from young actors Wood Harris and Ryan Hurst, among others, as the young men forced to see beyond skin color.
02/08/03
We've seen this kind of sports movie a thousand times, but you know what, I like that movie.
12/08/02
Is perfecting the art of middle-of-the-road really what should be applauded in movie making today?
12/08/02
A sprawling, muscular gridiron movie that, surprisingly enough, doesn’t have all that much to do with football.
10/15/02
A wonderful crowd pleaser, and as long as you don’t expect too much of it or think about it too deeply, it will remain a favourite.
09/14/02
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