We Are Marshall

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

Critics found Matthew McConaughey’s performance compelling but viewed the direction and easy feel-good treatment of the tragedy as shortcomings.

• Marshall students, university leaders, surviving players, and bereaved families use the 1971 football season to process the plane-crash loss.
• President Don Dedman must preserve Marshall football by finding a coach, assembling a roster, and securing NCAA permission for freshmen to play.
• Jack Lengyel reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing while guiding inexperienced players through a painful season.
• The Marshall Thundering Herd functions as a central symbol of Huntington, West Virginia, after the tragedy.

• Remember the Titansshared true-story sports drama, community grief, interracial college athletics, and uplifting team rebuilding
• Friday Night Lightsshared college football setting, reflective sports drama, small-town atmosphere, and emotionally earnest coaching narrative
• The Expressshared memorial sports story, institutional rebuilding, inspirational coaching, and feel-good historical drama

Director

McG

Release Date

2006-12-12

Runtime

131 min

Rating

6.9 / 10 (836)

What is We Are Marshall about?

After a devastating plane crash decimates Marshall University’s football program, a new coach and a grieving community fight to bring the team back to the field.

What is We Are Marshall like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of We Are Marshall as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is We Are Marshall violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in We Are Marshall as mild.

What did critics think of We Are Marshall?

Critics found Matthew McConaughey’s performance compelling but viewed the direction and easy feel-good treatment of the tragedy as shortcomings.

Which films are like We Are Marshall?

Films with a similar feel include Remember the Titans, Friday Night Lights, and The Express.

How long is We Are Marshall?

We Are Marshall runs 131 minutes.

Where can I watch We Are Marshall?

In United States, We Are Marshall streams on AMC, Howdy Amazon Channel.