Drumline

Outstanding cast, great message, strong language.

The joy of the movie is in the getting there, and Drumline gets so much of the little stuff right that the denouement ends up being nothing less than rousing.

Charles Stone III is a craftsman with brains and taste, an instinctive sense of where to put the camera and the discipline not to belabor scenes.

A superlative B movie -- funny, sexy, and rousing.

The main protagonist is incredibly unlikeable and the plot is mindless. I didn't care about any of the characters.

As questionable as Nick Cannon's character is, this is still entertaining. The drumming scenes were fantastic.

True bandos can see themselves in this exuberant, charismatic and lovingly accurate college marching-band movie that faked no flavor while staying in step with themes of instruction, character and respect.

It's a shame films of this ilk don't make it into theaters often.