The Express Critic Reviews
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Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional.Read the full review
Involving and inspiring in the way a good movie about sports almost always is.Read the full review
Deserves plenty of credit for exploring racial issues story in more realistic terms.Read the full review
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 the full review
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 the full review
The Express finesses a cinematic hat trick: It's entertaining, deeply moving and genuinely important.Read the full review
Thanks to a rock-solid performance by Dennis Quaid, nice historical touches and energetic direction by Gary Fleder, the tried-and-true formula is given a welcome shot of adrenaline.Read the full review
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 the full review
Crowdpleasing and oh-so-predictable.Read the full review
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 the full review