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Murderball
ThinkFilm Inc.
MPAA RATING: R for language and sexual content
Starring
Keith Cavill,
Joe Soares,
and
Mark Zupan
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball is a film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. (ThinkFilm)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Henry Alex Rubin
Dana Adam Shapiro
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 29, 2005
Theatrical: July 8, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
85 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Audience Award and Special Jury Prize (Documentary), 2005 Sundance Film Festival; Golden Space Needle Award (Best Documentary), 2005 Seattle International Film Festival; Audience Award and Jury Award, 2005 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The filmmaking is as strong as the subject matter, with an elegant structure.

100
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
This is a lively, life-affirming documentary no viewer is likely to forget.

100
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Murderball brilliantly captures the intensity of the little-known athletic competition, offering more intimacy and drama than most Hollywood sports movies.

100
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
It's one of the most powerful films of the year.

100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This is one of those rare docs, like "Hoop Dreams," where life provides a better ending than the filmmakers could have hoped for. Also like "Hoop Dreams," it's not really a sports film; it's a film that uses sport as a way to see into lives, hopes and fears.

100
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Murderball is a paradox: a movie about quadriplegics that insists we look beyond their disability.

100
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
If you're the type who doesn't go to art-house films , Murderball should be your exception. It's hard to imagine anyone could walk away from this movie disappointed.

100
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It's the best sports documentary since "Hoop Dreams," a great piece of work."

100
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Bracingly honest and ceaselessly compelling documentary.

91
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
It's as full and rich a portrait of the lives of athletes as we've seen since "Hoop Dreams."

90
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Exhilarating.

90
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
One of the most remarkable things about Murderball, which is easily among the year's best movies, is how little of its time is filled with the playing of the game.

90
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
A great sports drama first and a heart-wrenching triumph-over-adversity weepie almost never.

89
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Co-directors Rubin and Shapiro deliver the rare documentary that totally entertains, informs, and inspires.

88
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Think "Mad Max" in wheelchairs.

88
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Murderball invokes fascination toward its protagonists, because it views them with the same confidence and acceptance they view themselves.

88
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
When it comes to sports movies, there's nothing like the real thing, and there's never been anything quite as real as the documentary Murderball.

88
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Fast-moving, psychologically savvy.

88
Premiere
Peter Debruge
Murderball asks you to put all your assumptions about quadriplegics aside and start over.

88
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's original, outrageous and murderous fun.

80
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
Along the way, Murderball surpasses the typical who-will-win sports-film dynamic and becomes a fascinating and personal exploration of quadriplegia.

80
Film Threat
Jeremy Mathews
Murderball isn't a documentary played in the key of those Olympics stories that inspire you with sugary drivel, although it is ultimately inspiring.

80
Variety
Robert Koehler
A blast and a half -- as entertaining as mainstream American docus get.

80
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
The evenness of its emotional pitch almost incidentally helps the film become an unusually deep exploration of sports, machismo and the competitive spirit.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
A thoughtful and provocative look at a previously little-seen world.

80
Empire
Steve O'Hagan
A leftfield sports documentary that's as insightful and thought-provoking as it is fast and furious.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The emotional resonance that results from the focus on several unique individuals is what makes this a worthwhile viewing experience.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Reportedly, after seeing the film, rapper Eminen is anxious to play a wheelchair athlete in a coming movie.

70
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Has a lot of integrity, both in visual and conceptual terms, and seamlessly blends entertainment and education.

70
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
There are worlds within the startling world of Murderball.

70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
The film is filled with humor, compassion and cajones, and never once glosses over the fact that these guys are prickly personalities who can sometimes act like jerks. There are also a few tears, but remarkably, not a single one is shed in pity.

70
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
What keeps Murderball from devolving into redemptive drivel is its insistence on treating the players it profiles as jocks first and disabled men second.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
As a sports documentary, Murderball is tame and uninvolving. It does however, offer a hard-edged and unsentimental portrait of strong-willed people.


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