Sherman's March

Sherman's March (1986)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 83% of users liked it
    (1,137 ratings)

A disarmingly engaging personal documentary, Sherman's March is a portrait of a man in personal crisis that is also an often hilarious ode to Southern women. Filmmaker Ross McElwee states in the film's opening shots that, as a native Southerner, he had always been fascinated with the… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Ross McElwee
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Sep 5, 1986 Limited
First Run Features

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    An utterly charming docu, McElwee's personal essay-travelogue parallels and inverses General Sherman's march during the Civil war, centering on lost loves and new ones, shrewdly using the camera as a weapon and romantic device.

  • Leo Goldsmith, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

    Unlike Sherman and his reviled scorched earth mode of warfare, McElwee's chasse romantique is ultimately less effectual and usually ends in a nervous, frustrated goodbye.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    earns him a place as one of America's most unique, and treasured, documentary filmmakers.

  • Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    Love and alienation in the nuclear age

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Sherman's March is an extraordinary documentary by Ross McElwee that mixes American history, a romantic quest, and the search for meaning in the early 1980s.

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  • Brett W


    Not only is Sherman's March a beautiful portrait of one man's personal journey through the strange tapestry of love and history, it's a wonderful snapshot of the American south in the early 80's. Heartwarming, hilarious, insightful, seemingly everyone in… More

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