We Are Marshall (Blu-ray) PG

From the ashes we rose.
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  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 18, 2007
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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User Ratings: 202,777
Rating: 1.5/4 -- 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. Full Review
USA Today
Dec 22, 2006
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.
Ebert & Roeper
Dec 26, 2006
Rating: 2.5/4 -- 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. Full Review
Seattle Times
Dec 22, 2006
Rating: 5/10 -- Despite its best intentions, there is much in We Are Marshall that holds it back from being the best it can be. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
Sep 8, 2007
Rating: 2/4 -- ...would've benefited from the presence of virtually any other actor in the central role... Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Nov 20, 2007
Rating: C+ -- We Are Marshall isn't about grief or loss, but how these things can be overcome. It's uplifting, but shallow.
AV Club
Dec 22, 2006
Rating: 2/4 -- 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. Full Review
Toronto Star
Dec 22, 2006

Product Description:

In November 1970, a plane carrying almost the entire Marshall University football team, its staff and fans crashed, killing 75 people in all and devastating the small town of Huntington, West Virginia. WE ARE MARSHALL, directed by McG (THE O.C., FASTLANE) tells the tragic true story of how the university and the citizens of Huntington rebuilt the football program and dealt with the loss of so many of their own. The university's president, Donald Dedmon, earnestly portrayed by David Strathairn (GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK), hires the only willing coach to take on such a daunting task, Jack Lengyl (Matthew McConaughey). With the help of the lone Marshall football coach Red Dawson (Matthew Fox) and the three remaining players who weren't on the plane, Coach Lengyl sets out to restructure Marshall's team, and spirit. But for some in the community it's still too soon, including Paul Griffen (Ian McShane) who lost his football-star son. They fear that moving on so quickly is disrespectful to those who died and to the loved ones who still mourn. The film emphasizes this issue, illustrating the struggle of that harrowing time at Marshall, and in college football history.

Although WE ARE MARSHALL contains a similar theme to other sports movies, rising from adversity, the tragedy of so many lives lost in a small community and the painful recovery sets this film apart. Strong performances by McConaughey (FAILURE TO LAUNCH)—his wit and energy adds much needed doses of comic relief, Fox (LOST), and McShane (DEADWOOD) successfully help bring the historical and inspiring story of Marshall University to the big screen, a must-see for all sports fans.

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  • UPC: 085391117605
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