Synopsis
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
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Cast
- Matthew McConaugheyJack Lengyel
- Matthew FoxRed Dawson
- Anthony MackieNate Ruffin
- David StrathairnPresident Dedmon
- Ian McShanePaul Griffen
- Kate MaraAnnie Cantrell
- January JonesCarole Dawson
- Kate KneelandTicket Taker
- Wes BrownChris Griffen
- L. Warren YoungMickey Jackson
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ReelViews
We Are Marshall is precisely what one expects from a true sports story: it's uplifting and inspiring. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Surprisingly restrained and undeniably entertaining. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The film is injected with a refreshing energy whenever McConaughey is on-screen, balancing some of the inherent sadness of the story. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
What should have been an inspirational story about fortitude and courage in the face of mind-numbing tragedy becomes a compendium of sports cliches. - 60
Variety
Full of good intentions, We Are Marshall has a game plan that's hard to fault, but as with any playbook, a scheme is only as good as how well it's executed. - 60
L.A. Weekly
McG's Marshall lies at the nexus of Thornton Wilder and Norman Rockwell -- it's David Lynch without the irony -- and if he overdoes things a touch, there’s nothing disingenuous about it. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
We Are Marshall has little of the bone-crunchingsincerity of the recent pigskin rouser "Invincible." This one is more like Unconvincing. - 58
Christian Science Monitor
It's a powerful subject, but director McG and screenwriter Jamie Linden haul out every cliché in the playbook.