Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional, except for two outstanding set pieces.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
The film does the job, in its conventional way. But it's geared to throw the prime screen time in the direction of the guy playing the guy coaching the guy who's supposed to be running the movie.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
Football fan or not, definitely be sure to see it.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
10 Nov 2008
fresh:
Rob Brown did a nice job.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
10 Nov 2008
fresh:
The sports-movie template is capable of absorbing any story and delivering the same uplift.