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Next Goal Wins (2023)
Well worth seeing
Thomas Rongen is brought in to manage
The American Samoa football team, his
brief is to get the team to score a single
goal in The World cup qualifiers. A team
that was sitting at the bottom of the
rankings list, and famously lost 31 nil to
Australia.
Instantly you'll recognise that Taika Waititi
is behind this film, his style is etched all
over it, and as I eagerly await the second
series of Our flag means death, this hits
the mark.
It's not perfect, arguably it's a little slow to
start, but as it develops, it just gets better
and better, and by the end, I was
absolutely engrossed.
Funny, moving, uplifting, it's real life given
a feel good twist, a great film for the
whole family to enjoy.
I recently read an article from an
American website, which was discussing
the fact that so many American parts
were being played by Brits, here's another
example of that, Michael Fassbender
does such a great job as Rongen, proving
he can do comedy very well.