While Ernie's on-field accomplishments were extraordinary, it was the environment in which he struggled to achieve them that makes him the worthy subject of a motion picture.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Involving and inspiring in the way a good movie about sports almost always is.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
The Express finesses a cinematic hat trick: It's entertaining, deeply moving and genuinely important.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
If a movie of this kind didn't traffic in overstatement, it wouldn't be doing its job, which is to provide a strong dose of simple, rousing emotion.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Gregory Kirschling
Has Dennis Quaid really never played a college football coach before? With his handsome, craggy face and likable intensity, he was born for the job, and he's the main attraction in The Express.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
This movie is especially egregious since it bundles the civil rights era, garden-variety bigotry, and the achievements of Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Mark Olsen
If one will pardon the obvious analogy, The Express ends up feeling like a fumble at the goal line, coming across as simple-minded and melodramatic.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: David Hiltbrand
The Express eventually reaches its triumph-of-the-human-spirit climax, but it yanks too hard on the heart strings during the long journey there.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Robert Wilonsky
Like all formulaic biopics, The Express sacrifices the details for the Big Picture--hagiography without the humanity.Read Full Review »
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