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By Kyle B (1,653) on 23 Nov 2014

This is a great movie with wonderful performances from Washington (one of his best I have seen too) and both Whitakers…

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By Benji S (29) on 14 Sep 2014

A typical black is beautiful Oprah-approved inspirational tearjerker…

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By Jacobborssen (1) on 11 Sep 2014

We’re in the middle of the 1930’s…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 21 Jul 2014

This is a film that is affirming and inspiring and re-creates the stories of a remarkable team and its coach…

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By Bruce R (149) on 06 Mar 2014

For all of its fine moments of acting, the picture never rises above it's own formulaic script…

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By Shane K (403) on 19 Dec 2013

Great acting and dialogue helps make up for a simplistic plot line…

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By Esteban G (391) on 17 Sep 2013

Denzel Washington's second directorial effort is a good natured and passionate tribute to an unsung hero of the US racial conflict…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 12 Sep 2013

The film avoids potentially interesting frictions by always letting the team debate (and win) on the correct side of every issue--that which…

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By Fong K (647) on 28 Jun 2013

Denzel Washington exhibits pride and enormous aplomb in his directorial debut about the first all-African American debate team going against…

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By Nick B (1,566) on 27 Jun 2013

Watches this in speech class, and I truly enjoyed it…

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By Tiffany M (182) on 04 Jun 2013

Much, much more than Remember the Titans with debating…

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By Francis L (354) on 26 May 2013

It's like Rocky, Stand and Deliver and Mississippi Burning all wrapped into one…

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By Michael K (2,029) on 26 May 2013

It's like Rocky, Stand and Deliver and Mississippi Burning all wrapped into one…

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By Holly R (220) on 26 May 2013

It's like Rocky, Stand and Deliver and Mississippi Burning all wrapped into one…

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By A L (234) on 26 May 2013

It's like Rocky, Stand and Deliver and Mississippi Burning all wrapped into one…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 09 May 2013

Even when you're disappointed with the film's predictability, there's something invigorating about the way it embraces literacy and argument…

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By Corina G (6) on 30 Apr 2013

More points for the movie's account of remarkable historical characters and events than for the average acting…

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By Mark B (2,206) on 25 Apr 2013

Thought provoking intense dramatic Movie, This is an intense Movie with deep Moralistic views, Well acted and directed, Based on a true story…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 20 Apr 2013

Polished, pokey and cloyingly formulaic, Denzel Washington's directing follow-up to Antwone Fisher is a Harpo -- as in Oprah spelled backwards…

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By Adrian Z (553) on 01 Apr 2013

Another great film with Denzel Washington…

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