Outstanding cast, great message, strong language.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2010

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 28, 2003

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 10, 2003

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.

| Jan 10, 2003

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

| Original Score: A- | Dec 23, 2002

| Original Score: B- | Dec 16, 2002

I love that we get into this world of marching bands. We barely see any football players -- we see the top of their helmets as they're getting out of the way.

Full Review | Dec 16, 2002

[Has] an abundance of heart and humor.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2002

Drumline sags a little toward the middle ... But the final showdown is a skills-'n'-style spectacular that feels like vibrant outtake from a highly choreographed civil war.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2002

Shakes, rattles and rolls the house.

| Dec 13, 2002

Brimming with energy and spirit.

| Dec 13, 2002

Drumline is -- the mere suggestion, albeit a visually compelling one, of a fully realized story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2002

Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2002

In the film, snappily directed by Charles Stone 3d, the marching bands' duels are as fun as the cheerleader wars in Bring It On.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 13, 2002

Rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 13, 2002

Not exactly worth a drum roll but a movie with enough collegiate ka-boom to earn its title, Drumline is a percussion-driven musical variation on every sports pic you've seen about the talented hot dog who eventually learns to become a team player.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 13, 2002

Cannon's confidence and laid-back good spirits are, with the drumming routines, among the film's saving graces.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2002

As you watch the drummers pound out their polyrhythms and twirl their sticks, you may find it hard to stay in your seat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2002

Drumline is the real deal, a toe-tapping, feel-good sleeper with an unlikely setting -- a college marching band -- that feels fresh and rousing despite a formulaic script.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2002