Remember The Titans Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES
They came together when their classmates and loved ones would not.
History is written by the winners.
Before they could win, they had to become one.
Denzel Washington is hired as the T.C. Williams High football coach over a white coach in Alexandria, Virginia in the early 1970's during a time when the school has just been integrated to allow blacks into the school.
| Denzel Washington | Coach Herman Boone |
| Will Patton | Coach Bill Yoast |
| Wood Harris | Julius Campbell |
| Ryan Hurst | Gerry Bertier |
| Donald Faison | Petey Jones |
| Craig Kirkwood | Jerry 'Rev' Harris |
| Ethan Suplee | Louie Lastik |
| Kip Pardue | Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass |
| Hayden Panettiere | Sheryl Yoast |
| Nicole Ari Parker | Carol Boone |
| Kate Bosworth | Emma Hoyt |
| Earl Poitier | Blue Stanton |
| Ryan Gosling | Alan Bosley |
| Burgess Jenkins | Ray Budds |
| Neal Ghant | Glascoe |
| Boaz Yakin |
7.40 out of 10 (29509 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Great Disney drama
posted on 28 Aug 2009This film is one of Disney's best movies. Denzel Washington's performance was great, as well as Will Patton's. It was a great drama movie, and I got a lot more than I expected when I watched it. The acting was superb, along with the dialogue. This film teaches people how blacks and whites can easily get along if they listen to each other and respect each other. It's emotional at times, but humorous at others. The music was very well composed, also. This film follows a true story decades back when blacks and whites avoided eachother. It taught me, and I'm sure it can teach a great deal of other people, to look at black people in a different way and realize that they are really not different from us at all.
mightier than the Gods...
posted on 28 Aug 2009OK, 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.
Overhyped and unbearably cheesy!
posted on 26 Aug 2009I knew Titans would not be my favorite movie of all time, but I did expect to see a solid picture. It received favorable reviews and has received a decent rating on this site. However, this movie is barely worth renting from the video store.First off, Titans is horribly unrealistic. This was especially disheartening, given that it is a true story. The role of the white coach's daughter is so completely detached from reality that it is almost painful to watch her scenes. Sadly, her scenes were not the only ones that asked far too much of the viewer (for example, the scene of the girlfriend talking to the black player on the sidelines).A second criticism is that the actors did not remotely appear to be 17-18 years of age. Granted, this is a common problem in many movies. However, isn't it about time we expected more out of Hollywood. The fat kid looked 35 and the white linebacker looked at least 25. It would truly be a concept to actually hire actors who are the age of the characters.This is not the worst movie I've seen, but it truly disappointed. Sadly, there are not any really great footbal films out there, but Any Given Sunday and, believe it or not, Varsity Blues are superior efforts. As far as race is concerned, there are innumerable films that are more interesting (To Kill a Mockingbird is my fav). Go ahead and rent Titans for what it's worth, but for god's sake don't buy it.4 out of 10
I'm as mad as I've ever been.
posted on 26 Aug 2009Normally even if I don't like a film i'll explain the plot and trash it eloquently, but not with this heaping-pile of diseased walrus dung.This film is what happens a bad hallmark card vomits and mixes with Disney. When this abomination was complete it let off a stench so foul and heinous it actually started global warming. This should have been one of those garbage straight to video Disney films with unknown actors. That would have been to easy they had to go get the great Denzel Washington, veteran of films like Glory, Philadelphia, Training Day, etc, and drag him down. Worse even then Denzel, they dare to sully the glorious name of Football. How dare these vermin try to castrate America's true National Pastime. I wish I could line up one of those stuffed shirt, studio, prancing, pre-madonna's that green lighted this, and go flying into them helmet first. If anyone's ever played football, or just enjoys the game, they'll realize this film has nothing to do with football. The higher ups involved had better hope there is no God or surely there judgment will be great, prehaps they'll even be forced to watch this film.If you come upon some individual whether it be a friend or neighbor, co-worker or boss, relative or stranger, big or small, black or white, and in the course of your discussions this film comes up and by some reason they should bring up this film and mention something the least bit positive about it berate them immediately and forcefully, show absolutely no mercy as they deserve none. Remember at this point we may not even be dealing with actual humans that have souls. Let them know they are lowering the bar on humanity, tell them they should not be allowed to procreate and your opinion of them has changed to a degree that it might never be saved. If they start to argue remain calm and go straight to the evidence. Show them the film, I know this opens up an ethical dilemma as to paying money to see it but that's another discussion, and point out the garbage frame by frame and line by line if necessary. If they see the light and error of their ways openly embrace them and tell them everyday will now be better then the last. If however they still like the filth tell them to leave and never bother you again, so that you and your family might live in peace separated from such dastardly swine.
Great Family Movie!
posted on 16 Aug 2009Remember the Titans is a great movie for all ages. I especially appreciated that certain emotions were expressed without profane language. Denzel Washington and Wood Harris were exceptional in their performance.I applaud Disney and Boaz Yakin for bringing such entertainment.
Remember the Titans is an awesome movie
posted on 06 Aug 2009I thought the movie was amazing! The cast, led by Denzel Washington all put in great performances, and the plot was great too. Denzel does a phenomenal job...I don't think that he could ever make a bad movie. It was able to mix real-life issues with something that the majority of the world loves - sport. Some think that it could have had more action, or could have gone more deep into the race issue, but I think that they did the best that could have been done. It I believe that everyone should see the movie, because it doesn't appeal to just one type of individual. It's for Families, sports fans, couples etc. One of the best movies ever made.
Remember this movie
posted on 04 Aug 2009"Remember The Titans" is one of the two best films to have a chance to win an oscar for best picture.Denzel Washington leads a cast that is young, fresh, talented and determined to make this movie a success. "Remember The Titans" is laced with strong performances from Will Patton, Ryan Hurst, Wood Harris, Donald Faison and Greg Alan Williams.Based on a true story "Remember The Titans" follows the 1971 T.C. Williams High School Titans football team and their struggles with integration. Washington is Herman Boone, who has run up against racism after he has been brought in to coach the Titans. Patton is Bill Yoast, the man Boone replaced as head coach. Washington and Patton are just two pieces of the puzzle, which makes "Remember The Titans" a real gem. However, the strength and real beauty of "Remember The Titans" does not come from Washington or Patton, but the Titan football players because they are the ones who give the strongest performances in the film.I must say that the best performance of the whole movie other than Washington and Patton is the young actress who portrayed Bill Yoast's daughter, Hayden Panitierre. In "Remember The Titans" this young actress single handidly made it worth watching this film. Her talent shines through and her presence on screen is as fresh as the daily air; furthermore, every time she is on screen she sparkles. It is so pleasurable to see talent like this being discovered.I hesitated to see "Remember The Titans" because I didn't want to see another football film, but it is more than just another football film."Remember The Titans" is a special film that has special performances and is well worth every dollar you spend to rent this film.
An Easter Story
posted on 24 May 2009Of course, I had seen it before, but to re-watch Remember the Titans on Good Friday was appropriate. Some may call it sacrilegious to compare the resurrection of Jesus to the resurrection of a Virginia town through football, but I see the Easter story in this movie. The self-importance exhibited by the Pharisees and the resulting hatred of those different, was no different from the hate exhibited by the town fathers in Virginia. The insistence of brotherhood by the coach, as played magnificently by Denzel Washington, resulted in a rebirth of the town - a resurrection from the hatred that blinded, and sometimes still blinds, the sons of the Old South. None of us is perfect, but we can all come together and form a perfect society. That was the vision of Jesus and the vision of our forefathers. Remember the Titans reminds us of what we can accomplish if we try - and if we try with love.
Not even Denzel could save this one for me
posted on 12 May 2009I didn't like this film, not because it was "Disney drivel", as I usually immensely enjoy nearly all Disney films (more particularly the animated ones and live-action of old), but because it was thoroughly predictable and didn't really tell a new story. Of course, it's not a true story (it never said it was, it said it was BASED on a true story), but it felt played and tiresome. I like moral movies that have football in them, but this was a football movie with a touch of morality in it (the same reasons The Rookie didn't really work for me and many I know, but substitute football for baseball). *Yawn* The real reasons I didn't enjoy this had to do with the Sunshine character and his gratuitous kiss with the captain of the football team, but I won't go much into that. I hate when people use these reviews as podiums to voice their outrageous and unfounded opinions. All in all, Denzel Washington (who I find acts identical in nearly every role, with the exception of facial hair or the occasional fro) couldn't even save this movie for me. I thought the daughter of the coach was the best part.2.3/10 for a SLIGHT glimmer of a moral message.
An Excellent Movie - better than Expected!
posted on 10 May 2009Remember the Titans is an excellent film. Denzel Washington gives an excellent performance as do many of the no-name actors who star in it. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It was much better than I anticipated it would be. Overall I would rate it an 8.5 out of 10. A little predictable, but what movie isn't these days right! :)
Wonderful film, but NOT THE TRUTH!!!
posted on 27 Mar 2009On its own merits, Remember the Titans is a wonderful film with a good message, if somewhat Disney-fied one. The problem with this film is that IT
COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH!!! After watching this movie, people will get the idea that Alexandria, VA is the poor, rural redneck bigot capital of the world, which is NOT true. I live in Alexandria, and it is a bustling, diverse, densely-crowded Washington DC Suburb located in metropolitan Northern Virginia (which is FAR different from rural Republican Southern Virginia); not a rustic Georgia swamp-town as it appears in the film. I also attend TC Williams (which looks nothing like the school featured in the film, and is in actuality one of the most culturally diverse schools in the US) and I met many of the players from the successful 1971 team at a school assembly around six months before the films release - it was not racial black-white tension as exaggerated in the film, but more of a long standing rivalry between the two city high schools, Francis Hammond and George Washington High Schools (which are both now Middle Schools) that caused issues in the team at the start of the season.Even though the film strays from the true story, it is still worth watching for the superb acting (hats off to Denzel Washington yet again, along with the supporting cast) great cinematography, and good story, even being a bent truth of a story.
One of the best relationship movies ever.
posted on 27 Mar 2009It's not unusual to see stories of common men overcoming obstacles to become heros. Nor is it that unusual to see the same in young men or women. Here we have a great, true story of several people who overcome tough things in life such as racial prejudice, severe accidents, misunderstanding, and disloyalty. I was a high school student during the time of this story and remember the daily tension as our school was forced to bus kids from inner city schools to the upper middle class schools and vice versa. In most cases, the kids adjusted well but the adults hung on selfishly to the traditional values of separate but equal. I don't know of a better film that portrays the actual struggles of that time period with regard to integration of sports programs. The coaches of the story and the kids who played the game made it work. To see them singing, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" in the locker room was extremely inspirational to me and to my family as well. We purchased the DVD the very day it was available so that we could see the special features and hear the actual coaches talk of the times and struggles and the ultimate victories that came from such a time as forged many male heroes out of scared and frightened young men.I recommend the movie to all who care about the integrity of a victorious life that cares enough to be involved in changing lives and communities for the better.
Remember the Titans
posted on 05 Mar 2009Yakin's sports film about a newly appointed African American coach in a town where racial tension is high as the school team prepares for its first season as a racially integrated unit in contrast to its segregated past. Denzel Washington is absolutely inspiring as Coach herman Boone, while i also enjoyed Will Patton as a white coach who works with. Ryan Hurst, Wood harris, Donald Faison, Ethan Suplee and Ryan Gosling and the rest of the characters that made up the team were all impressive. The film is very charismatic, atmospheric, and enjoyed the sports sequences. Philippe Rousselot's cinematography was great as well as Michael Tronick's editing. The film is directed v ery well by Boaz Yakin and has a perfect screenplay for a sports film from Gregory Allen Howard. This is one of my favorite sports films of all time. ----IMDB rating: 7.4, my rating: 10/10
Excellent!
posted on 27 Feb 2009Never in my life have I seen a movie which has affected me the way that "Remember the Titans" did. This movie covered so many controversial issues while still managing to be extremely funny and to have many talented and promising young actors. I enjoyed this movie so much and if you haven't seen it (which I can't imagine why not) then you should go and rent it or buy it right now because you don't know what you're missing! I was so impressed by this movie and it's actors (especially Craig Kirkwood who played "rev") and can say that every bit of praise that it has received is totally necessary! A wonderful movie which I could NEVER say a bad word about, and I can't understand why any one would.
Just Watchable
posted on 09 Feb 2009I saw remember the Titans not long ago for my English class and thought it should be ok. This is a true story turned into a movie. Overal not a bad film, maybe just a bit slow at times but watchable. I would give it ** out of five stars. or 5 out of 10. This movie is suitable for all the family.
too cute for its own good
posted on 05 Feb 2009"Remember the Titans" reminds us that fear is the only thing standing in the way of a society not divided across racial lines. We fear those who are different than us. We tend to reject what we don't understand.The film is about the redistricting and forced integration of two high schools in Virginia in 1971. An all-white football team that has had great success its past few seasons must now give up parts of its roster to players from the school it's merging with-who just happen to be all black. The white players have played under coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton), who is a nominee for the Virginia High School Football Hall of Fame. The school's athletic board, believing they can prove that integration is a bad idea, brings in Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), a black man, to replace him as head coach. They'll then sit and wait through training camp until Boone's team loses a game, then fire him. Yoast unexpectedly stays on as Boone's defensive coordinator, however, and they head for camp. Understandably, the white players have difficulty with the situation. They feel, justifiably, that their team was just fine the way it was. They know each other. They were winning.Another great point that Titans makes is that sometimes winning is not important. Coach Boone wants to win but, like all great coaches, he won't deny any kid who wants it the chance to compete and contribute. He designs the two-week training camp to force the boys to get to know each other. Like it or not, this is our team, is what he's saying to them. `I don't care if you like each other,' he tells them, `but you will respect each other.' At first, it looks like they'll do neither. Boone forces them to room with someone they don't know, which usually ends up being someone of a different race. But this is a Disney movie and heck, a true story, so they do learn to respect each other. Then they learn to like each other. The result is a powerful, almost unstoppable high school football team.The players return to the real world to find that many of the citizens of Alexandria, the school's town, could have stood to go to Boone's camp themselves. The players overcome their first obstacle, their own fear. Now their new friendships will be put to the test by a backward society that hasn't had the benefit of the intensive bonding experience they just had. Some simply fear the team won't be as good as it was. This fear is quickly diminished. For some, though, it's just plain bigotry. Win or lose, they won't accept a group of black and white boys playing together as a team.Not only did this film come from the Mouse House, but it's also a Jerry Bruckheimer production. This strange combination has created a gritty film that's still family-friendly. Basically, they were trying to please everyone, young and old, male and female. For the most part, they succeed. Still, the Disney/Bruckheimer factor does hurt it in many ways. The singing and dancing for instance, even if it did really happen, should have been left out. It makes nice footage to put in a trailer, but when inserted into the actual film, it ruins the overall tone. What hurts most though, is that there was no hope of giving it the ending it really needed, namely the Titans losing.Okay, I know it's a true story. But T.C. Williams was not the only high school that was created by forced integration. A bolder move would have been choosing a different such school, one whos football team wasn't all that successful. Really, the Titans go undefeated. For one thing, from a sports perspective, what fun is that? But most importantly, the dream season they had begs the question: what if they'd lost a game or two? Or three? How would the town have felt about integration then? If the once-intolerant community still comes together across racial lines, it would mean more. All the film really shows is that that Alexandria is willing to accept integration--as long as the team remains as successful as it has been. What's worse is the film's tagline: `History is written by the winners.' What, exactly, is this supposed to mean?Still, I recommend "Remember the Titans" ends up because it ends up being a pretty darn good sports movie. And even though its message could have been communicated even more powerfully, the film is more honest about the relationships between blacks and whites than maybe any other mass-market movie has been. Washington is great as usual, but the real stars are the young actors who play the Titans.Grade: B
Better the second time
posted on 22 Jan 2009We saw the movie in the theater the first time and thought it was pretty good. A nice ending, but a little too "Brady Bunch" perfect. When we watched it again on DVD, we were able see deeper into in the characters and their individual motivation as the DVD contains a few scenes that were not in the theatrical version. See if you agree after seeing the bonus material.
A Very, Very Good Movie
posted on 18 Jan 2009While this is not the best film I've seen, it's very, very good. It has a good story, good acting and a wonderful soundtrack. Denzel Washington does his usual excellent job and several of the younger actors give great performances, as well. This kind of movie reminds you how enjoyable a movie can be when it's done right.
Disney meets football?? A surprisingly effective movie.
posted on 30 Aug 2009Perhaps one of the most unlikely combinations I've ever seen, Remember the Titans proves you don't need the requisite violence and trash talk to make a football movie enjoyable or even realistic. The entire cast play their roles to perfection; not one performance was unconvincing. Denzel as always is top-notch. Will Patton and the young guys on the football team deserve praise as well. Titans isn't without its flaws, though. You'll never guess this, but the climactic scene involves the state championship game where the fate of the universe seems to hang in the balance. I found myself honestly hoping they would pull it off, which is a hell of a lot more than I can say for The Replacements. A theme prevalent throughout the film is racism. You'd never know it from the trailer, but the main obstacle in front of the Titans football team is the fact that they're the only school in the state to have been desegregated. This is dealt with incredibly well throughout the movie, conveying the feeling of pointless hate and prejudice without ever using the vaunted "N word". This is a movie you can bring Grandma Nugget to without fear of her collapsing at your feet due to strong content. Yeah, it looks like Jerry Bruckheimer isn't just an action film man anymore. I think I speak for most folks when I say I hope he returns to his roots, but if he keeps making flicks like this one, nobody's gonna mind in the least. 9 out of 10