The Express is not a movie about the non-polar version of The Polar Express. Of that I can assure you. This is a football movie about Ernie Davis, the first black player to win the Heisman. Dennis Quaid (man, does that guy love sports movies or what?) plays his coach. Based on the tear-sheet-looking graphics at the official site, maybe "The Express" refers to the name of a newspaper? (In actual fact, I looked it up, and apparently Ernie Davis was referred to as "The Elmira Express," because he went to high school in Elmira, New York. Don't make fun: I never claimed to know anything about sports.) Anyway, the movie looks like it does a good job getting the historic feel down. The film is grainy-looking, the clothes and sets look authentic. Even the hairstyles look right out of the 1960s. This movie appear to be a notch above your typical sports flick (sort of like The Rookie was; Quaid must know a good sports movie when he sees one). And anyway, I don't think I could make fun of this one even if I wanted to. Because when I looked up Davis, I also discovered that SPOILER ALERT he was drafted (the first black player to be drafted first overall) but never got a chance to play because he got leukemia a year later. If the movie spans further than his Heisman win, you'll want to bring plenty of Kleenex.

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