Remember the Titans(Blu-ray) (2000)

"A crowd-pleaser with a moral conscience.  Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A rousing celebration of the human spirit...  David Sheehan, KCBS-TV
"Two thumbs up!  Ebert & Roeper & The Movies
"Works better and cuts deeper than the mostly fictionalized "Hoosiers."  Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"...a startlingly resonant yet unabashedly entertaining slice of American history...  Tom Keogh, Film.com

Editor's Note While on the surface, high school football may seem like an innocent game played by the young, for the young, it is, in fact, much, much more. For millions, including many fans who are well removed from their high school years but who love to sit in those creaky bleachers every Friday night/Saturday morning, it is something akin to a religion. Director Boaz Yakin's REMEMBER THE TITANS captures the heart of high school football while tackling the sins of its fathers, chronicling the true story of the undefeated 1971 T.C. Williams team of Alexandria, Virginia, which was the first integrated high school team in the state. Denzel Washington brings his ever-powerful presence to the role of coach Herman Boone, who is brought in to oversee the transition to integration. Though Boone is eventually successful as a coach, the townspeople dissaprove of him because he replaces the popular, entrenched former coach, Bill Yoast (Will Patton). At first, coach Yoast resents being supplanted, while coach Boone is told that his promotion was just for show--to help the integration--and that he's likely to be lifted if the team loses a game. Will the coaches and players be able to overcome their adversity and make T.C. Williams a beacon for integration in sports? Those viewers who follow history already know the answer. But REMEMBER THE TITANS portrays the story and delivers the inspirational result with a passion and glory that will warm the hearts of all those dedicated high school football fans who continue to bring pride to the sport.

	Denzel Washington
	Ryan Hurst
	Will Patton
	Wood Harris
	Boaz Yakin - Director
	Gregory Allen Howard - Writer
	Jerry Bruckheimer - Producer
	Michael Flynn - Executive Producer
	Michael Tronick - Editor
	Philippe Rousselot - Cinematographer
	Trevor Rabin - Original Music By

New York Times
"...Mr. Washington and Mr. Patton are strong, complex [presences]...You'll [find] a lump in your throat and an overwhelming urge to cheer." 09/29/2000 p.E10

USA Today
"...Admirable, crowd-pleasing....[The film] has brawn, but it also has brains..."--3 out of 4 stars 09/29/2000 p.1E

Total Film
"...REMEMBER THE TITANS isn't afraid to handle chunky, powerful issues in a chunky, powerful way..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 03/01/2001 p.96

Los Angeles Times
"...A shrewd, pulpy crowd-pleaser. Engagingly cast, with a lively soundtrack and glossy cinematography, it also features Washington, as big a plus a film can have..." 09/29/2000 p.C1

Chicago Sun-Times
"...There are true and touching moments in the film, on top of its undeniable entertainment value....The movie is heartfelt..." 09/29/2000 p.29

ReelViews 8 of 10
With a movie like Remember the Titans, your overall opinion will be largely dependent upon how you look at the finished product. If viewed as a crowd-pleasing, feel-good sports movie, the film is an unqualified success, following the accepted formula to the expected conclusion while delivering some nice moments along the way. However, if seen as a socially conscious retrospective on race relations in the South during the early 1970s, Remember the Titans can best be described as timid and unexceptional. In soft-peddling the theme of intolerance, the picture refuses to take even the smallest chance...Still, when compared to a high school sports classic like Hoosiers, which contained many of the same elements (albeit as applied to basketball, not football), Remember the Titans shows a few flaws. Fortunately, they aren't serious enough to lower the film's broad-based appeal or to diminish its quotient of feel-good moments. - James Berardinelli

Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
All of this is said to be based on life, and no doubt largely is, but life was perhaps harder and more wounding than the film. "Remember the Titans" is not an activist 1970s picture, but more conciliatory in tone. It is more about football than race relations, and it wants us to leave the theater feeling not angry or motivated, but good. We do. There are true and touching moments in the film, on top of its undeniable entertainment value. I was moved by a scene near the end where an injured white player, who once said he would not play with blacks, now only wants his black "brother" in the hospital room. And there is a delicate series of scenes in which the same white player breaks up with his girlfriend rather than break the bonds he has formed with teammates during an August training camp. - Roger Ebert