We Are Marshall

We Are Marshall (2006)

  • 49% of critics liked it
    (124 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (194,705 ratings)

A true story of tragedy, hope, and resilience comes to the screen in this sports drama. Huntington, WV, is home to Marshall University, a school where college football is a way of life. Huntington is also a town that learned to deal with tragedy in the fall of 1970 when Marshall's… More

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PG,
Directed By
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Written By
Jamie Linden
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Dec 22, 2006 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Unlike a lot of sports movies, it doesn't end with a championship or a great upset over a powerhouse. The real victory on the Marshall campus was in fielding a team that honored and respected the legacy of the 1970 team.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    This was undeniably a horrific event for the victims' families friends, colleagues as well as for the entire community. But the movie seems to almost exploit this tragedy so it can make audiences weep, and ultimately, cheer.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    What's missing is any kind of insight into the lives of the dead players or the members of the Young Thundering Herd who rise up to replace them.

  • Ted Fry, Seattle Times

    A series of montage and anecdotal vignettes follows as they recruit a whole new team, learn lessons from the catastrophe, lose and then win, with plenty of sentimentality sprinkled over the whole thing.

  • Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

    We Are Marshall is a bit of a shame, because the subject matter could have been something special in the hands of stronger filmmakers.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    Moving and painful. While it is obviously loosely following the real events, even tha tis enought ot make you stand up and salute the town. Indeed We Are Marshall.

  • Jeff "


    We Are Marshall is an over bearing cliché riddled feel good film that unfortunately doesn't deliver. This is the type of film we've seen many times before. This film doesn't work and is quite tiresome. I really didn't enjoy the film, and was very disappointed in… More

  • Candy R


    Movie based on a true story about a town called Huntingdon who lost their university football team and staff in a tragic plane accident. The president if the school wants to abandon the football programme but some students convince him not to. He employs football coach and assistant… More

  • Jim C


    I personall though it was sweet. Mathew Mcaughnahey is a good actor, the plot was great for 20 minutes but then became another football movie. It was a fun, classy movie and is I really liked it.

  • Jameson W


    One of my all-time favorite sport movies. It's such a tragic, touching story. I like the way this film balances plot and sport, with sports serving almost as a secondary element. Very touching film! I recommend it!

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