Highly charged Hallmark-type pigskin drama

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2018)

All sports drama films tend to hold their worth in their ending - win or lose and this dynamic must prevail. A comparison can be made to another 'true story' film, Gridiron Gang (2006). Both films are manipulative, set against orchestral and heart strings. Both have a social message, a rah rah rhetoric, and are well produced with their hearts in the right place.
The Titans of 1971, is a little more ham-fisted and predictable; the Kilpatrick Mustangs in 1990, as reforming criminals, is less hard hitting but less pretentious. But, intolerance and corruption lingers and intimidates at every turn in Remember the Titans which is why it is bound to have broader appeal.