Death & Texas (2004)

75% of critics liked it
(8 reviews)
50% of users liked it
(81 ratings)

Death & Texas mixes humor and drama in order to tell the story of a football player who ends up on death row. However, when his team begins to lose without him there is a movement to get him released. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 17 min.
Directed By: Kevin DiNovis
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Mar 12, 2004 Wide
On DVD: Nov 21, 2006

Critic Reviews

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
While it would like to be nimble, light-footed satire, too often Death and Texas stumbles on its own earnestness, wearing cement shoes when it should be tap-dancing.
Scott Foundas, Variety
An uneasy (and very unfunny) marriage of sports culture satire and death penalty polemic.
Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
Unique and gripping, is an unlikely combo of pro US football and the death penalty
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
[B]risk and wickedly pointed...
Bryan Curtis, Slate
[A] magnificent piece of agitprop.
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
The Gridiron meets The Guillotine . . .a smart, funny dark comedy . . . one that also delivers a very somber message and a clever argument against the Death Penalty
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
A Hot-Button comedy that focuses on 'enlightenment via entertainment'.