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(1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 40% Rotten Page   1   "I've never been able to accept Matthew McConaughey in a romantic role, but he's very impressive as the dedicated coach in 'We Are Marshall.'"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B "An intuitive, raw nerve type of actor, McConaughey lets it fly as Lengyel, and his enthusiasm is something to behold."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf "You'd think with this set up that Annie's experience would be complex and sustained in We Are Marshall, but no. This is a men's story."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "'We Are Marshall' is both better than it has a right to be and still feels somewhat disappointing."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/4 "...would've benefited from the presence of virtually any other actor in the central role..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1.5/4 "Syrupy, vapid, unfocused."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "Directed with surprising restraint and compassion by McG, earning our tears rather than jerking them."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Even lesser hacks than McG would have trouble making Jamie Linden's screenplay float, but I never thought it was possible to blow every big inspirational moment. Maybe because they are all the same."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "An authentic and specific story of grit and grace in the face of tragedy has been Hollywoodized--or more properly, bastardized. A shame, indeed."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "An inspiring story that shows how sports can be a healing force in times of loss and grief."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "We Are Marshall is precisely what one expects from a true sports story: it's uplifting and inspiring."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "Doesn't score any touchdowns in the emotion department."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 5/10 "Despite its best intentions, there is much in We Are Marshall that holds it back from being the best it can be."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 5/10 "Much like the 1971 Marshall team, this picture is long on heart and short on talent."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "The film benefits from a strong cast; McConaughey's Lengyel is eccentric but ultimately engaging, while David Strathairn and Ian McShane, as Dedmon and a grief-stricken father, respectively, deliver subtly powerful performances."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1.5/4 "For a movie about the effects of tragedy on the people in a football town, We Are Marshall doesn't care about the grief process, its characters, or, most shockingly, football."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[O]f course real people's real pain can be turned, yet again, into trite, glossy cinematic junk food. How could we possibly doubt this?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "We Are Marshall is not a bad movie; it is a potentially nice, familiar movie unfortunately marred by the unspeakably awful performance of Matthew McConaughey."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "Its power dissipates by spreading over too many characters without grounding us enough in their stories, relying too much on signifiers of loss and moving on that are too familiar."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/4 ""Grief is messy," says McShane's anguished dad. We Are Marshall's disingenuously tidy portrait of it, alas, is not."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager B "...the homework was done to create an evenly paced, sometimes melancholy, sometimes action packed drama that has a lot of heart."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3/5 "mirrors every other football flick we've recently seen"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 3.5/4 "More than most films of its ilk, We Are Marshall rises above the clichés that define the genre, connecting sport to larger issues in an emotionally satisfying way."   Christianity Today   Steven D. Greydanus 4/10 "As inspirational football movies go, this well-intentioned but disappointing effort sputters and stalls, like putting coal in a tattered Christmas stocking."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf Read review   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek  (1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 40% Rotten Page   1