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64% Critic Match
National Champions
“How much is one player worth in an $18 billion game?”
6.4 / 10• 2021• 1h 56m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.
Cast & Crew
Stephan James
LeMarcus James
Lead
J.K. Simmons
Coach James Lazor
Alexander Ludwig
Emmett Sunday
Lil Rel Howery
Coach Dunn
Tim Blake Nelson
Rodger Cummings
Andrew Bachelor
Taylor Sheridan
David Koechner
Richard Everly
Jeffrey Donovan
Mark Titus
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ric Roman Waugh's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Champions is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
