The Express
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
24 September 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 February 1969, San Francisco, California, USA
19 November 1988, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 February 1980, Orange County, California, USA
17 September 1969, Hickory, North Carolina, USA
10 August 1966, New York City, New York, USA
16 October 1962, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
17 January 1958, Crab Orchard, Kentucky, USA
28 December 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA
February 01, 2009
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.
January 03, 2009
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.
December 05, 2008
While never as trailblazing as its subject, The Express is a worthy addition to the lengthy canon of sports biopics.
July 31, 2009
The movie also has its heart in the right place and it is as earnest as it can be. It simply falls short of being a great movie.
October 18, 2008
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 23, 2009
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 18, 2008
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional, except for two outstanding set pieces.
November 10, 2008
Rob Brown did a nice job.
March 05, 2009
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
November 10, 2008
Football fan or not, definitely be sure to see it.
October 13, 2008
The Express may prove valuable to movie historians since it's a compendium of virtually every sports movie cliché ever contrived.
December 05, 2008
The sports-movie template is capable of absorbing any story and delivering the same uplift.
