Rafferty uses interviews with the former players, most now in their 60s and nearly all of them touchingly philosophical, to reveal the cultural issues buffeting their campuses, but not necessarily their locker rooms. full review

What makes the movie so effective is that Rafferty uses game footage instead of interspersing the movie with cliched scenes of Vietnam protests, campus mayhem, etc. The effective use of this footage builds suspense, even though we know the result. full review

The aura of shock-and-awe surrounding this game is laid on a bit thick, and sometimes you feel like you're just watching an ESPN special. Still, it's fun. full review

Simply by letting the onetime gridiron stars talk about the game they played and the era it was played in, the capsule cracks open and you're sucked inside and you cannot believe, even if you know the details, how that game turned out the way it did. full review

Not just a great sports movie, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 captures a pivotal moment in recent history. full review

Rafferty keeps the structure so blandly standard, the title is nearly the most intriguing element of the whole film. full review

A sense of mortality shadows the documentary. On or off the gridiron, time is the only opponent who always wins. Even at Harvard, even at Yale. full review

A ripping good yarn, like a Fitzgerald short story rewritten by John Updike, with an uproarious, impossible Hollywood ending. full review

Kevin Rafferty makes the case for remembrance and for the art of the story in his preposterously entertaining documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.

The movie, which absurdly tries to paint the Harvard players as a group of working stiffs -- you won't be surprised to learn it was directed by a Harvard grad -- also fails to capture the tenor of one of the most tumultuous years of the century. full review

It's kind of amazing that a film about a sports game where the final score is in the title could be so suspenseful, but Mr. Rafferty manages to pull it off. full review

Rafferty's no-frills annotated replay is the best football movie I've ever seen: A particular day in history becomes a moment out of time. full review

This touching, exciting film works less as a cultural portrait and more as a look at the bittersweet nature of time and memory. full review

How many thrillers could put the outcome in the title and still provide as many white-knuckle moments as Harvard Beats Yale 29-29? full review