Metacritic Movie Ratings
We Are Marshall Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust

  The film is injected with a refreshing energy whenever McConaughey is on-screen, balancing some of the inherent sadness of the story.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyBrian Lowry

  Full of good intentions, We Are Marshall has a game plan that's hard to fault, but as with any playbook, a scheme is only as good as how well it's executed.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  What should have been an inspirational story about fortitude and courage in the face of mind-numbing tragedy becomes a compendium of sports cliches.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  We Are Marshall has little of the bone-crunchingsincerity of the recent pigskin rouser "Invincible." This one is more like Unconvincing.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Its use of trite "Win one for the Gipper" dialogue, overbearing soaring music and conventional plot devices makes it far too formulaic to truly move us.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  A movie like We Are Marshall stands or falls on its ability to make you feel the pain and loss of individuals in a place where community pride and football are one and the same. As the film, directed by McG (the "Charlie's Angels" movies) from a wooden screenplay by Jamie Linden, follows a handful of Huntington residents during the months after the accident, not one of them comes fully to life.

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