We Are Marshall

Pros: Good movie with a good cast.
Cons: Nothing really.

Many movies have been based on real events. I have seen several of those movies in the last few years, some better than others. We Are Marshall shared the story of a horrible tragedy and how a community recovered. In November of 1970, ...

Pros: a few touching moments
Cons: lacks football, lacks character development, contrived scenes

Director McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) used a based on a true story tale of how Marshall University tragically lost their football team in a plane crash in 1970 in order to make an overly melodramatic heartstring-tugging ...

Pros: Some good, inspiring moments
Cons: McConaughey's annoying performance

Movies based on sports are often very entertaining, and those based on true stories are even more enjoyable. The combination of factual material and Hollywood crafting has made for some fine cinematic moments and one recent sports movie based on a true ...

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Cons: None

It is rare these days that a movie is deep and meaningful enough to elicit genuine emotion. We are Marshall (2006), which chronicles the horrible plane crash that took the lives of 75 people in 1970 including (almost) the entire Marshall ...

Pros: Touching story of life and love lost ...and learning to live again.
Cons: Not really a 'sports' or football film, to my mind. That might be a 'Pros'.

... The great NFL coach Vince Lombardi is often credited with saying: "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." At the professional level, of all sports, that might be true. But too often we forget competition in sports is also intended ...

Pros: Fox, Strathairn, McShane, Pacing, Emotion
Cons: McConaughey can be a bit too boyish at times. Lacks special features.

On November 14th 1970, after suffering a three point loss to the East Carolina Pirates, the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team boarded their chartered D-C 9 and headed for Huntington West Virginia, their home. While on the descent ...

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The story of We Are Marshall< b> is one of hope and inspiration. Unlike Rudy, The Natural< i>, or other stories of that tell of one person overcoming the odds, this one tells about the devastation and rebirth of an entire town and its inhabitants. ...

Pros: Good story, relatively accurate
Cons: I can't decide whether I like McConaughey's performance at all times.

People of a certain age—mine, for example—will remember the air crash of the Marshall University football team and all the lives lost. Though I didn’t know him, my hometown had a slight connection because one of the assistant coaches who ...

Pros: Script, plot, acting
Cons: None

This movie touched me ways a movie hasn't since I saw Letters of Iwo Jima. It shows a shining light of humanity in the midst of tragedy. Plot: The plot is the story of one small town's tragedy. In 1970, a plane crash wipes out the Marshall ...

Pros: The whole story.
Cons: Nothing.

Ok, I honestly have to say after seeing this movie, it became tied with my favorite movie of all time The Greatest Game Ever Played. This movie is not just about football. It's about a Town, maybe not that big of a town but a town in which they try to ...

Pros: It gives you hope that you can overcome anything that happens in your own world.
Cons: none

I am a huge sports fan. I love to watch football, basketball, soccer, baseball, or any other sport. I love watching movies that depict a struggle that a sports team has no matter what sport it is. How a team strives to overcome anything that is in their ...

Pros: True Story, Well Acted, and a Great Sports Story
Cons: Luanguage

This is an excellent movie that is one of those films that appeal to a wide cross section of people. It is a movie that my family and I love. The characters were good; though Matthew McConaughey playing new head coach Jack Lengyel doesn't deal as much ...

Pros: Well written account of the True story of the football team at Marshall University.
Cons: None

We are Marshall is a drama based on a true story, staring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox. It is rated "PG". The movie runs for 2 hours and 7 minutes. We are Marshall is one of the best movies I have seen in quite a while. It is based the true ...

Pros: a great movie that shows overcoming adversity..
Cons: Women and soft hearted men be prepared to CRY!

I have made it clear the things that I look for when I critique a movie in my previous reviews but I’d like to restate that now. If this isn't necessarily what you look for in a movie then my opinion (epinion) may not be one to consider. I look for a ...