Sherman's March

Sherman's March (1986)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 83% of users liked it
    (1,080 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 psychological… More

Unrated, 3 hr.
Directed By
Ross McElwee
Written By
Ross McElwee
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Sep 5, 1986 Limited
On DVD
Apr 6, 2004
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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