mightier than the Gods...

Rating: 6/10 (18 March 2006)

OK, so any movie about race is well-intentioned, although sometimes they go overboard. "Remember the Titans" at times feels like it's trying to tug at your emotions, but it ends up acceptable. Portraying Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), the first black coach in a Virginia high school in 1971 right after it got integrated. The movie shows the tensions not only between the students, but also between Boone and the white coach (Will Patton).
I guess that the movie is OK for what it is. A previous reviewer got to see some of these things firsthand, which I never did. Maybe such things only become truly significant if you experience them directly. Anyway, it's an OK movie.