Reviews of soccer movies and football films
Soccer movies or football films that have a theme of the main character(s) come of age or come to a great realization
While the DVD title is Street Soccer, Peloteros means ball players, or in this context, footballers. The movie is a coming of age summer tale of six boys in a poor Peruvian neighborhood who enter a tournament to compete against older and semi-pro players.
Continue reading “‘Peloteros’ (2006) a family-unfriendly macho mess”
I know I’m in for a bad night when a movie starts off with a masturbation scene. Kick ‘N Rush keeps moving very very slowly down that path and doesn’t get any better.
Continue reading “‘Kick ‘N Rush’ (2003) egregious coming of age tale”
The filmmakers for this movie deceptively use the names of David Beckham and Michael Owen to attract attention. Because When Beckham Met Owen has no story of its own to draw viewers.
Continue reading “‘When Beckham Met Owen’ (2004) exploitative at best”