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Murderball
Directed by
Dana Adam Shapiro
,
Henry Alex Rubin
R
2005
85m
Documentary
,
Sport
7.7
98%
89%
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Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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Cast of Murderball
Joe Bishop
Himself
Keith Cavill
Himself
Andy Cohn
Himself
Scott Hogsett
Himself
Christopher Igoe
Himself
Mark Zupan
Himself
Dana Adam Shapiro
Director / Producer
Henry Alex Rubin
Director
Jamie Saft
Writer
Jeffrey V. Mandel
Producer
Murderball Ratings & Reviews
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
Murderball is no Rocky-esque hymn to the human spirit. It's more like a prison movie...
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
An honest, down-to-earth account of how life goes on for people with disabilities.
AV Club
Tasha Robinson
Few sports movies with a premise this powerful ever bother to dig this deep.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The frank lack of condescension and mean moments of Murderball make it more than a film about sports or quadriplegics: It becomes a movie about life, about struggle, about pain, bitterness and pushing forward.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
Wheels us through an emotional obstacle course so rigorous and satisfying you'll be gulping for air by the end.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
None of this is treated as anything but what it is: trying to get the most out of life by --- to paraphrase the famous Warren Zevon hockey tribute -- getting the ball, keeping it and trying to hurt somebody.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
This is not heartwarming, cuddly, or safe. it is bracing, brash, harsh, and angry. And it is thrilling.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
While the game itself is enough to hold viewers' interest, the filmmakers go much further. They delve into the psyche of the players.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
Their game is ugly, raucously verbal, overtly physical and, as displayed in Murderball's rapid-pace editing, a heck of a lot of fun to watch.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Co-directors Rubin and Shapiro deliver the rare documentary that totally entertains, informs, and inspires.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
It's the best sports documentary since Hoop Dreams, a great piece of work.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately, the film is an affectionately manly tribute to these athletes, for whom every game -- and every day -- is a triumph.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
In less than an hour and a half, the athletes profiled in the documentary will frustrate you, amaze you, make you laugh and make you cry -- but you'll never feel sorry for them.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Tough, terse, funny, ribald, and heartbreaking.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
[Rubin and Shapiro] were good enough to recognize wheelchair rugby as a prime documentary topic and lucky enough to uncover a collection of human stories that makes Murderball more than just another sports movie.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
One of the most powerful films of the year.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
This is a tremendously life-affirming film that will be remembered as one of the year's best.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
To consider the bleak months and sleepless nights when these men first confronted the reality of their injuries, and now to see them in the full force of athletic exuberance, is to learn something valuable about the human will.
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Murderball has all the ingredients of a powerful sports documentary: magnetic characters, triumph over adversity and bone-crunching action shots.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Brilliant filmmaking. Each of the stories, very interesting
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