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"Go Tigers!" is a rare behind-the-scenes chronicling of a remarkable season for the Massillon Tiger's high school football team, played out in a small town that draws its identity from football. During the course of the season, three young stars emerge who are forced to carry the burden of the town and their teammates as they confront their uncertain future. The film was shot on location in Ohio on High Definition video.

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Go Tigers! is an absorbing and evenhanded documentary that takes a perceptive look at the world of high school sports and its impact on a community.

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Tasha Robinson AV Club May 4, 2023
[Carlson's] lack of overt editorializing is admirable, but it still leaves Go Tigers! off-balance and off-putting, as his "heroes" are draped with adulation, even as they use unpleasant and irresponsible means to achieve questionable ends. Go to Full Review Joe Leydon Variety Mar 26, 2007
A sharply observed and richly detailed nonfiction feature that plays like feel-good, crowd-pleasing entertainment. Go to Full Review Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Mar 26, 2007
Director Kenneth Carlson may be a little too close to the subject of this documentary. Go to Full Review Christopher Borrelli Toledo Blade Sep 15, 2020
It's all true, even though the details are both as chilling as the premise of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and as uplifting as the plots of a half-dozen recent sports movies. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Oct 1, 2005
2/5
Derek Smith Apollo Guide Dec 31, 2002
76/100
A sports documentary that is interested in much more than just sports. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Craig W. @CJWolfe27 Sep 17, 2025 Good documentary about high school football See more david f @dfulmer Sep 22, 2019 A fascinating documentary about a high school football season in Massillon Ohio, where they worship the sport and the players. See more Nov 26, 2012 I have been on a Friday Night Lights kick lately, and as with FNL, I enjoyed this tremendously except for when they were actually playing football. It's good to know (for the show, not the world) that FNL is a pretty realistic show about high school football. Apparently, the world of high school football is even more moronic in real life, and it doesn't evolve after hight school, either. Trust me- I live in Ohio. One more thing- how about all that praying? There is a lot of praying in football. It is really, really pathetically sad, and I love it. It makes me laugh... really, really hard. See more Mar 20, 2012 Pretty good by what I had watched. See more Oct 9, 2011 Good football documentary about a town's obsession with the sport. It focuses on the Massillon Tigers and their regular season. It focuses more on the three captains in Moore, Studer and Irwin. In this case sports seems to bring most of the town together. Anybody born here seems to be born and bred on the sport. See more Jul 10, 2010 Really good look into high school football. Eventhough Massillon is not typical, many school districts are kind of watered down to this kind of stuff. See more Read all reviews
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Kenneth A. Carlson

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Kenneth A. Carlson

Writer

Kenneth A. Carlson

Producer

Todd Robinson

Executive Producer

Sidney Sherman

Producer

Randy Miller

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Synopsis "Go Tigers!" is a rare behind-the-scenes chronicling of a remarkable season for the Massillon Tiger's high school football team, played out in a small town that draws its identity from football. During the course of the season, three young stars emerge who are forced to carry the burden of the town and their teammates as they confront their uncertain future. The film was shot on location in Ohio on High Definition video.
Director
Kenneth A. Carlson
Producer
Kenneth A. Carlson, Sidney Sherman
Screenwriter
Kenneth A. Carlson
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Triple Play Pictures
Rating
R (Language|Scene of Teen Drinking)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$151.7K
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
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