Goal! The Dream Begins (Blu-ray) PG-13
Every Dream Has A Beginning
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 21, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Touchstone / Disney
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Marcel Iures, Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel, Sean Pertwee & Stephen Dillane | |
Performer: | Kieran O'Brien, Tony Plana, Miriam Colon, Gary Lewis & Frances Barber | |
Directed by | Danny Cannon | |
Edited by | Chris Dickens | |
Written by | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Mike Jeffries & Adrian Butchart | |
Composition by | Graeme Revell | |
Story by | Mike Jeffries & Adrian Butchart | |
Cameo: | David Beckham | |
Produced by | Lawrence Bender | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Barrett |
Entertainment Reviews:
A predictable mishmash of sports underdog cliches with a domestic release timed to capitalize on anticipation for the World Cup. Accordingly, expect plenty of elbow room at the local multiplex.
Denton Record-Chronicle
3 stars out of 5 -- Its almost shameless embrace of style and sincerity offsets the structural flaws...
Box Office
Rating: 2/5 --
The action on the field won't be enough to sate the most soccer-crazed viewers.
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Austin Chronicle
Rating: 2/4 --
Everything here is beyond predictable.
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Detroit Free Press
Rating: 2.5/5 --
There is a bulky bundle of sports movie cliches to sort through here if you do intend to follow the rise of wizardly soccer winger Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker)...
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Herald Sun (Australia)
Goal! is filled with cringe-inducing scenes we've seen before many, many times.
Ebert & Roeper
Rating: 3/4 --
... it is good and caring work, with more human detail than we expect.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker), an illegal Mexican immigrant living in Los Angeles, lives and breathes soccer, but seems destined to live his life as a day laborer. His father, Hernan (Tony Plana), a stern hardworking man, discourages Santiago from playing soccer, believing it is only a feckless fantasy. One day, a former British professional, Glen Foy, spots Santiago playing in a pickup game, and promises him a tryout for Newcastle United. With the support of his doting grandmother, Santiago travels to England, and finds himself in a world where "football" is king, and "footballers" are Gods. His path to soccer stardom is tortuous and paved with pitfalls. Santiago must overcome a terrible tryout, a secret asthma condition, and the animosity of some of his teammates. However, with the guidance of Glen, the love of a plucky and beautiful nurse (Anna Friel), and the unexpected support by Newcastle United's playboy star Gavin Harris (Alessandro Nivola), Santiago finally finds himself in a position to score a pivotal goal and live his dream.
GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS contains many of the familiar tropes of the zero-to-hero sports story, but it rises above the clichés of the genre through the quality of the screenplay and the excellence of the acting. Each of the many minor roles is played to humble perfection, and the film artfully juggles dozens of subplots: Santiago's problematic involvement with troubled superstar Gavin Harris, his romance with Roz, his friendship with Glen, and his strained relationship with his father. The film proves to be full of subtle warmth and surprisingly moving. Thrilling matches--and cameos by such soccer luminaries as David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane--will certainly appeal to soccer fans, but GOAL!'s charming story will appeal to almost anyone.
GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS contains many of the familiar tropes of the zero-to-hero sports story, but it rises above the clichés of the genre through the quality of the screenplay and the excellence of the acting. Each of the many minor roles is played to humble perfection, and the film artfully juggles dozens of subplots: Santiago's problematic involvement with troubled superstar Gavin Harris, his romance with Roz, his friendship with Glen, and his strained relationship with his father. The film proves to be full of subtle warmth and surprisingly moving. Thrilling matches--and cameos by such soccer luminaries as David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane--will certainly appeal to soccer fans, but GOAL!'s charming story will appeal to almost anyone.