We Are Marshall(2006)- User Reviews

The film has a processed and packaged look and feel. This story deserved better.

Not hard-hitting enough to be a human-based drama about overcoming loss and lacking in the football scenes needed to be a satisfactory sports film, "We Are Marshall" relies on cloying, overbearing musical orchestrations to manipulate viewers into feeling a certain way. Director McG is untrusting of his actors and the authentic emotions of the situations, and this is where he falls into a hole he cannot pull himself out of. The theatrical trailer for "We Are Marshall" is inspiring and touching, painting lofty expectations for a movie that has more depth and feeling in this two-and-a-half-minute ad than the film has in all of its two hours-plus.