When you think of sports movies you think formulaic plots, where the highlighted team starts off badly then plays better until winning championship. This movie shatters that cliche being based on historical events, and highlights some thematic elements making this the first sports movie by Disney to take its subject matter seriously. More than the sport its about overcoming prejudices as the team is integrated of different races they learn to respect one another. Adding to it the coach Herman Boone (played wonderfully by Denzel Washington) is pressured to not lose a single game or get fired, making him coach his team rigorously much like a drill instructor. His assistant at first frowns on the treatment, but Boone defends it to the end, and the only question is will all the training and overcoming prejudice pay off? You will love how everything develops even when a few bad things happen, it's worth seeing to the end.
Review of Remember the Titans
