Rent Next Goal Wins (2023)
3.4 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 39min
Next Goal Wins is an underdog film inspired by fact. Think Cool Runnings all over again except this is soccer and the setting is American Samoa. Starring an ill-at-ease Michael Fassbender, he is amply supported by a very comfortable cast of Samoan (New Zealand-based) and Kiwi actors such as Oscar Kightley (Sione's Wedding), Rachel House (Thor 3), and David Fane (Sione's Wedding / Eagle vs Shark).... It's full of montage sequences, but I didn't care because a lot of the humour was wacky and LOL funny. It's slight material and is ultimately low-stakes but I didn't mind. Also Rhys Darby was very funny in a very small role.
Feel-good stupidity.
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