Murderball

Name: Murderball
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: July 8, 2005
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 87
Cast: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan

2005

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Universal acclaim based on 33 Critics

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MURDERBALL

Movie Details & Credits

MTV Films | Release Date: July 8, 2005

Starring: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan

Summary: Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball is a film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. (ThinkFilm)

Director: Dana Adam Shapiro and Henry Alex Rubin

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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Awards & Rankings

6	#6 Best Movie of 2005

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100

Baltimore Sun - Chris Kaltenbach

Bracingly honest and ceaselessly compelling documentary. Read full review

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. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum

The filmmaking is as strong as the subject matter, with an elegant structure. Read full review

Premiere - Peter Debruge

Murderball asks you to put all your assumptions about quadriplegics aside and start over. Read full review

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. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Kevin Crust

A thoughtful and provocative look at a previously little-seen world. Read full review

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. Read full review

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BrendaP.

Sep 23, 2009

I saw the movie and I also watched the team practice in Birmingham. Their dedication and passion was so real that I felt like I was watching the movie again. I was invited by one of their family members. When they know they have an audience, they start working harder and showing off theirI saw the movie and I also watched the team practice in Birmingham. Their dedication and passion was so real that I felt like I was watching the movie again. I was invited by one of their family members. When they know they have an audience, they start working harder and showing off their skills more. It was very cool to meet them. Number 4 accidentally squirted me with his water bottle and kindly apologized. I could not stop smiling.… Expand