Worth it for Denzel Washington

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2010)

The best parts of this movie are the long motivational speeches by Denzel Washington, who plays that typical sports coach from the movies that we're just supposed to believe can actually exist somewhere (this one's even based on a real person, apparently). I wonder where they keep all those intelligent, well-spoken dream coaches, but let's move on. Apart from Washington's performance, the movie isn't particularly thrilling yet still enjoyable. It works around that old theme of hatred between black and white, unfortunately most of the characters aren't really compelling enough to focus on. Some are however, and it's also just heart-warming to see some of the ignorant rednecks growing more tolerant as time progresses. "Remember The Titans" isn't great cinema though, the writing just isn't smart enough for it to truly be a classic. Still pretty good though.