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After accidentally witnessing a murder caused by a police, Dale Denton and his friend Saul Silver forced to plunge into the escape. What will happpen to them?
While there's nothing remarkable about the way director Gary Fleder has brought The Express to the screen, this is a solid film that does justice to Davis' legacy.
January 03, 2009
Times-Picayune
It makes the most of its on-the-field drama, but it tends toward gross generalizations and oversentimentality. ... As a result, the film is burdened with hokiness.
October 23, 2009
At the Movies
Rob Brown did a nice job.
November 10, 2008
Fayetteville Free Weekly
The Express is running on two rails at the same time. There's sentiment, which is true. And there's sentimentality, which is not. At its best, The Express is a moving tribute; at its worst, it's conventional manipulation.
At times The Express couldn't decide whether it was telling a story of racial tensions, a general inspirational sports film or the tragic biography of Ernie Davis
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.
October 18, 2008
USA Today
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional, except for two outstanding set pieces.