...a slow film about a speedy man...
While never as trailblazing as its subject, The Express is a worthy addition to the lengthy canon of sports biopics.
...involving and inspiring in the way a good movie about sports almost always is.
...'The Express' is being promoted the way studios do when they think they have a crowd-pleaser, and certainly it's a better family movie than a lot of junk hyped as such.
Long before he goes on to become a two-time All American halfback at Syracuse and the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy, Ernie’s aspirations are shaped by his grandfather...