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Film Review > We Are Marshall
Based a on true story. When a plane crash in November 1970 claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team’s new coach, Jack Lengyel, and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Matthew McConaughey who plays Jack Lengyel in the film is oustanding. Matthiew Fox (Lost) as assistance coach is, as always, just a bad actor, unable to put conviction in his roles.
Interesting facts about the devotion and compassion of Jack Lengyel from Wikipedia:
On January 12th, 2008, seven members of a high school basketball team from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada and their coach’s wife were killed in a highway crash when the 15-seat van they were traveling in collided with a tractor-trailer while returning from a game in Moncton in snowy conditions. Drawing similarities between the two tragedies, on March 13th, 2008 Jack Lengyel funded his own traveling expenses to New Brunswick, Canada to assist in counseling the grieving community.
I find it to be a good film even if it was a bit too Disney for me.
My Rating: 3.5/5
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We Are Marshall Trailer on YouTube
