Serendipitously rich and quirky, SHERMAN'S MARCH starts out as an historical documentary tracing General Tecumseh Sherman's disastrous march through the South, but somehow metamorphoses into an hilarious record McElwee's own calamitous quest for romance.

After a breakup with his girlfriend sidetracks his plans for the historical documentary, McElwee turns the camera on himself and his search for new love. The film is a compendium of his encounters with a formidable group of extravagant Southern women, resulting in a timely study of human relationships in an era of nuclear nervousness.

"One of the year's 10 best."
- J. Hoberman, Village Voice
- David Edelstein, Village Voice
- Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News
- Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

"He may not be a bedroom Sherman plowing through the supine South, but he's smart enough to be a conqueror as something else, an artist and comic persona."—David Denby, New York Magazine

"Ridiculous as he seems sometimes, Mr. McElwee - at least the persona he's created for himself on film - has enormous appeal, and so does his movie."—Julie Salamon, Wall Street Journal

"Uproarious... it'll put you in a please delirium and leave you with a happy daze."—Michael Sragon, San Francisco Examiner

"A wacky standout."—Vincent Canby, New York Times

"If Woody Allen made GONE WITH THE WIND, it might resemble SHERMAN'S MARCH."—People Magazine

"A delightfully rueful and resonant American odyssey."—David Ansen, Newsweek