Fresh
It is constructed of sports movie cliches but built on an unshakable foundation of earnestness.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Overview
Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
Director and cast
- Danny Cannon Director
- Kuno Becker as Santiago Munez
- Alessandro Nivola as Gavin Harris
- Anna Friel as Roz Harmison
- Stephen Dillane as Glen Foy
- Gary Lewis as Mal Braithwaite
- Kieran O'Brien as Hughie McGowan
- Sean Pertwee as Barry Rankin
- Marcel Iureș as Erik Dornhelm
- Tony Plana as Hernan Munez
- Miriam Colon as Mercedes
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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42%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The combination of button-pushing uplift, sundry sweeping helicopter shots and a bombastic score that sounds like it came on a free transfer from a Tony Scott movie proves as resistibly synthetic as the CGI-enhanced heroics on the pitch.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Everything here is beyond predictable.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Rotten
Goal! is filled with cringe-inducing scenes we've seen before many, many times.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
... it is good and caring work, with more human detail than we expect.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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