The Match
ComedyRomance
5.8/10
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|95 min
Release Date: 1999-08-13
Overview - Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.
Production Companies
Allan Scott ProductionsIrish DreamtimePropaganda FilmsRafford Films
User Reviews
Peter McGinn
6/10
This movie can be harmless fun as long as you can lower your expectations more than a little. The entire premise of the film seems more than a little dubious to me. Why would owners of two pubs 100 years before make a bet based on one of them winning 99 matches in a row? Was one of the teams so bad and with no hope of ever getting better that making such a long-term bet based on the next 100 games...
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