3.0
out of 100
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Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional.
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Involving and inspiring in the way a good movie about sports almost always is.
If a movie of this kind didn't traffic in overstatement, it wouldn't be doing its job, which is to provide a strong dose of simple, rousing emotion.
Thanks to a rock-solid performance by Dennis Quaid, nice historical touches and energetic direction by Gary Fleder, the tried-and-true formula is given a welcome shot of adrenaline.
Has Dennis Quaid really never played a college football coach before? With his handsome, craggy face and likable intensity, he was born for the job, and he's the main attraction in The Express.
Crowdpleasing and oh-so-predictable.
If one will pardon the obvious analogy, The Express ends up feeling like a fumble at the goal line, coming across as simple-minded and melodramatic.
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...pushes all the pleasure buttons
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