Remember the Titans (2000)
84%RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 18 nominations
An inspirational crowd-pleaser with a healthy dose of social commentary, Remember the Titans may be predictable, but it’s also well-crafted and features terrific performances
Remember the Titans” is a classic football movie that will have you cheering for the team until the very end. Denzel Washington’s performance is top-notch, and the story of integration and teamwork is inspiring. Sure, it may follow some predictable patterns, but who doesn’t love a good underdog story? Plus, the crack-of-dawn jog to Gettysburg is a hilarious and memorable scene that will have you laughing out loud. Overall, “Remember the Titans” is a feel-good movie that will leave you feeling motivated and ready to tackle any challenge.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Covington, Georgia, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for thematic elements and some language
Year of Release
2000
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 53m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2000 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 14, 2003
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Kate Bosworth, directed by Boaz Yakin, written by Gregory Allen Howard, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Nell Minow, Richard Schickel, Trevor Johnston, Rick Groen, Peter Travers, Ben Falk, Leigh Paatsch, Michael Kleinschrodt, Rachel Wagner, Nick Rogers, Michael Dequina, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman, PG rating, high school football, integration, racial tension, social commentary, inspirational, well-crafted, terrific performances, Virginia, Alexandria, football tradition, Remember the Titans
Worldwide gross: $136,771,683
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $237,218,964
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 603
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 25,869,026
US/Canada gross: $115,719,751
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $200,706,161
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 347
US/Canada opening weekend: $20,905,831
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $36,259,403
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 357
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $30,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $52,032,473
Production budget ranking: 762
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $28,019,487
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $157,167,004
ROI to date (est.): 196%
ROI ranking: 634
Will Patton – Coach Yoast
Donald Faison – Petey Jones
Wood Harris – Big Ju
Ryan Hurst – Bertier
Kate Bosworth – Emma Hoyt
Self – Gregory Allen Howard (Writer)
Jerry Bruckheimer – Producer
Chad Oman – Producer
Boaz Yakin – Director
Director(s)
Boaz Yakin
Writer(s)
Gregory Allen Howard
Producer(s)
Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 18 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (135) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (37)
Inspiring football drama brings history to life.
December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
Maybe it’s all true. But one is always a little discomfited when life, or a movie, imitates weary melodramatic patterns this slavishly.
July 31, 2008
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The emphasis on the players’ developing mutual trust, is absorbing to watch and cleanly directed.
June 24, 2006
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
The result is the sort of deeply massaged truth that isn’t stranger than fiction — it’s worse than fiction.
March 22, 2002 | Rating: 2/4
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
When the hard battle for integration is served up as a feel-good package, we’ve all been bamboozled.
May 8, 2001 | Rating: 2/4
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
It’s got Denzel Washington in it (generally a good sign), it’s not just about gridiron, it’s not as predictable as you might think, and it’s actually rather good.
April 16, 2001 | Rating: 3/5
Ben Falk
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
So don’t bring along your binoculars, folks, because you will be able to spot what is coming from some distance away.
May 12, 2020 | Rating: 2/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
What’s most amazing about these actors is that they make each player a well-defined individual.
May 30, 2019
Michael Kleinschrodt
Times-Picayune
Denzel Washington is just excellent in this role.
May 14, 2019 | Rating: 8/10
Rachel Wagner
Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
The crack-of-dawn jog to Gettysburg is the only hokey Hail Mary in an otherwise smart, stirring sports film. Consider “Titans” a PG-rated, kindhearted drill for the brutal sadism that would win Denzel Washington an Oscar for “Training Day.”
September 17, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
The absence of innovation can easily be forgiven.
January 14, 2010 | Rating: 3/4
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
The film is quite lightweight for the subject matter, but Washington and company make it watchable.
August 7, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review…
Plot
Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Denzel Washington leads the team on a charge until the final whistle in Remember the Titans, a grand and inspirational football film.
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