Next Goal Wins
ComedyDrama
6.409/10
|US
|en
|104 min
Release Date: 2023-11-16
Overview - Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Production Companies
The ImaginariumSearchlight PicturesTSG EntertainmentGarrett Basch ProductionsDefender FilmsArcher's Mark
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Chris Sawin
5/10
A story with all the proper beats lives here, even if the film rambles and tampers off into ridiculousness when it has no reason to. But even with its flaws and redundant humor fatigue, _Next Goal Wins_ stands out as Taika Waititi’s most coherent film since Hunt for the Wilderpeople. **Full review:** https://bit.ly/dontpassgoal
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CinemaSerf
6/10
If you've seen "12 Mighty Orphans" (2021) or "The Shiny Shrimps" (2019) then you'll know what to expect as Taika Waititi takes the same template and applies it to football. Here it's the adequate Michael Fassbender who gets to portray the down on his luck coach (Thomas Rongen) in this factually based story. He's not much good at his job and is temperamentally a bit unreliable, so is dispatched to ...
