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  • 2021
  • R
  • STX Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • STX Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James (Stephan James) and teammate Emmett Sunday (Alexander Ludwig) ignite a player’s strike declaring they won’t compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes cou...

Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh

Written By: Adam Mervis

  • 2021
  • R
  • STX Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • STX Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

National Champions

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James (Stephan James) and teammate Emmett Sunday (Alexander Ludwig) ignite a player’s strike declaring they won’t compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes cou...

Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh

Written By: Adam Mervis

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Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Dec 9, 2021
As timely as last night’s episode of “ESPN Sports Center,” and as riveting as a well-crafted tick-tock suspenser, National Champions adroitly avoids most of the pitfalls common to conventional “message movies” by raising and debating issues in the context of a solid and involving drama that can be enjoyed even by people who couldn’t tell an offside kick from a cheerleader’s cartwheel.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 9, 2021
You don’t have to be into football to appreciate the high-stakes struggle in National Champions.
By Michael Ordoña FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 9, 2021
National Champions remains effective as an ode to cynical realism but it’s uneven at best as a slice of drama.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 10, 2021
At its best, National Champions feels calibrated to provoke a conversation about the flawed framework of college sports, which is talked about plenty and still not enough. Then again, TV networks and sports-related media outlets benefit from the existing system, and many fans would rather just hear about wins and losses.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 10, 2021
You need a blackboard full of X’s and O’s to keep track of the petty plays this movie's running.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
42
Dec 8, 2021
This movie is all talk and no action. It’s a two-hour pregame show, with no game.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
25
Dec 8, 2021
As a peek into the relationship between sports, media and capitalism, National Champions feels like a beginner’s playbook.
By Mark Hanson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Game1, Capstone Global, Thunder Road Pictures, Amet Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, New Legend Entertainment, Why Not You Productions
Release Date Dec 10, 2021
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating R
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Tagline How Much is One Player Worth in a $18 Billion Game?
Website https://www.facebook.com/NationalChampionsMovie/
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