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The Express
Directed by
Gary Fleder
PG
2008
2h 10m
Drama
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Biography
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7.2
63%
75%
7.1
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A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Cast of The Express
Rob Brown
Ernie Davis
Dennis Quaid
Ben Schwartzwalder
Darrin Henson
Jim Brown
Omar Benson Miller
Jack Buckley
Nelsan Ellis
Will Davis, Jr.
Charles S. Dutton
Willie 'Pops' Davis
Justin Martin
Young Ernie
Justin Jones
Young Will
Nicole Beharie
Sarah Ward
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Marie Davis
Elizabeth Shivers
Elizabeth Davis
Clancy Brown
Roy Simmons
Danny McCarthy
Bill Bell
Regina Hoyles
Sister
Chelcie Ross
Lew Andreas
Saul Rubinek
Art Modell
Craig Hawksley
George Marshall
Jeff Still
Al Malette
Geoff Stults
Bob Lundy
Derek Graf
Maury Youmans
The Express Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
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.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional, except for two outstanding set pieces.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The Express may prove valuable to movie historians since it's a compendium of virtually every sports movie cliché ever contrived.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
No matter what the very capable actors do to shake up the characters, they stubbornly remain types.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
The player, coach and even the wise grandfather figure played by Charles S. Dutton have at least one more dimension than the typical sports-movie stereotypes.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
As a sports non-fan, my definition of a good sports film is one that my dad and I both enjoy. The Express has the goods.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Sadly, however, this is all too familiar, which is something nobody could say about the real Ernie Davis.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Packages a real-life story of athletic triumph and social progress into an accessible, rousing melodrama that is no less potent for being almost entirely predictable.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The movie might be a bit more interesting if Davis had more to him than simply graceful gumption and victimhood, and if the spaces around him could be filled with something.
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
At times stirring, inspiring and thoughtful.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
I just wish so much of it didn't feel like high-gloss paint-by-numbers, and as good as some of the dramatics get the over-familiarity of it all can't help but dilute the emotional payoffs to the point of insignificance.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
The Express plays for our sympathy -- and wins.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The Express is a somewhat ordinary movie about an extraordinary life.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
The Express delivers visceral gridiron energy. Fleder and his crew capture the moments so many athletes refer to as 'being in the zone.'
Dallas Morning News
Michael Granberry
Davis is played winningly, without a single false note, by Rob Brown. His coach, the irascible but decent Ben Schwartzwalder, is brought home beautifully by Dennis Quaid, who has quietly become one of America's finest actors.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Director Gary Fleder does an end run around the genre's cliches, and cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau plays with desaturated color and highlights for a rich period feel.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Aside from managing to get made at all, the movie doesn't do Davis's legacy any favors by giving us the store-brand version of his life.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
That rare sports film that isn't afraid to dabble in personal and social ambiguity.
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
If he is a little too glowingly perfect, a little too heroic, it adds to the mythic feeling of the story.
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
The Express eventually reaches its triumph-of-the-human-spirit climax, but it yanks too hard on the heart strings during the long journey there.
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Ernie Apologizes
Ernie Apologizes
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Ernie Questions Coach
Ernie Questions Coach
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Coach's Halftime Speech
Coach's Halftime Speech
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The Team Is Greeted By A Mob
The Team Is Greeted By A Mob
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Coach And Jim Go See Ernie Play
Coach And Jim Go See Ernie Play
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Ernie's First Syracuse Practice
Ernie's First Syracuse Practice
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Ernie Has Dinner With Pops And Will
Ernie Has Dinner With Pops And Will
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Ernie Scores A Touchdown Against Kansas
Ernie Scores A Touchdown Against Kansas
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Jb Introduces Himself And Ernie To The Girls
Jb Introduces Himself And Ernie To The Girls
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