Fresh
The sports-movie template is capable of absorbing any story and delivering the same uplift.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
The Express
He changed our country... one yard at a time.
2008 · 2h 10m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Gary Fleder
Overview
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Director and cast
- Gary Fleder Director
- Rob Brown as Ernie Davis
- Dennis Quaid as Ben Schwartzwalder
- Darrin Henson as Jim Brown
- Omar Benson Miller as Jack Buckley
- Nelsan Ellis as Will Davis, Jr.
- Charles S. Dutton as Willie 'Pops' Davis
- Justin Martin as Young Ernie
- Justin Jones as Young Will
- Nicole Beharie as Sarah Ward
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Marie Davis
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Rob Brown did a nice job.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
Football fan or not, definitely be sure to see it.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten
The film does the job, in its conventional way. But it's geared to throw the prime screen time in the direction of the guy playing the guy coaching the guy who's supposed to be running the movie.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional, except for two outstanding set pieces.
Mike Clark, USA Today
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