Goal! The Dream Begins

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Goal! The Dream Begins

PG,

2006,

2h 1m,

Drama

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44%

78 Reviews

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51%

50,000+ Ratings

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78 Reviews

51%

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Santiago Muñez, a Mexican cook in Los Angeles, gets a chance to follow his dream of playing professional soccer. A talent scout with contacts in the United Kingdom spots him and offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance: If he can find a way to England, he can try out for the Newcastle United team. Gavin Harris, a star player, takes young Santiago under his wing and helps him prove himself to his disbelieving father.

Critics Consensus

Impressive sports action sequences are the highlight, as the run-of the-mill story invokes every known sports movie cliche.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Jun 24, 2006

2/5

The action on the field won't be enough to sate the most soccer-crazed viewers.

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

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.

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

Jun 9, 2006

2/4

Everything here is beyond predictable.

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Tom Dawson

The List

Apr 27, 2019

2/5

Of the actors, it's Alessandro Nivola in the role of a playboy midfielder who provides Goal!'s most entertaining performance. It's a pity then that the world he inhabits in the film is depicted in such cartoonish terms.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Jun 15, 2018

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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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 19, 2009

B-

Director Danny Cannon ("I Still Know What You Did Last Summer") captures every bit of Kuno Becker's star quality although the committee-written script remains slack.

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Kylo L

Feb 15, 2019

A good feel good film for a football fan.

George R

Jul 3, 2018

Interesante y predecible, un film que estructura una historia interesante pero lo suficientemente básica para lograr saber cada cosa que pasara pierde mucho peso , mas alla de eso logra ser una cinta que entretiene a pesar de lo débil que es.

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Han W

Jun 12, 2018

An inspirational movie not just for soccer players but for all of us. Thanks for Glen Foy. Very entertaining movie.

Finn W

Jun 16, 2017

Cant believee I was never offered the chance on this film. Im quality at footy and i was only 78 when this came out so wouldve been aba the right age. I never even got a call back. How mad is that?!

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Kuno Becker

Santiago Muñez

Alessandro Nivola

Gavin Harris

Stephen Dillane

Glen Foy

Anna Friel

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Synopsis

Santiago Muñez, a Mexican cook in Los Angeles, gets a chance to follow his dream of playing professional soccer. A talent scout with contacts in the United Kingdom spots him and offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance: If he can find a way to England, he can try out for the Newcastle United team. Gavin Harris, a star player, takes young Santiago under his wing and helps him prove himself to his disbelieving father.

Director: Danny Cannon
Producer: Mike Jefferies, Mark Huffam, Matt Barrelle
Screenwriter: Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Distributor: Buena Vista
Production Co: Lawrence Bender Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Revolution Films, Milkshake Films
Rating: PG (Partying|Language|Sexual Situations|Some Thematic Material)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3M
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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