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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dream Teams, 27 Jun 2007
I really liked the original film, it was a typical rags to riches story and, although at times it was a little trite, it had bags of energy and more than a little soul. The fact that the filmmakers have decided to go ahead with their plans for a trilogy (despite the relatively poor worldwide takings) is something that to feel good about. This will end up being a proper trilogy. Part 2 sees Santiago Nunez join Real Madrid and, like the first films Newcastle action, the most memorable moments are those when actors integrate with the actual team players. We get to see all the Galacticos from the 2005/6 team in training, partying and playing modes. Barcelona and Arsenal also feature heavily. Even senior Real figures make appearances, although somewhat bizarrely Rutger Hauer plays the manager with Steve McManaman as his assistant. Outside the fictional footballing story (which has Beckham acting the hero with a Greece type winning free kick - Arsenal fans should look away) we have the usual relationship/family shenanigans which was a feature of the first. All in all it's probably as good as the first film...so bring on Part 3 and the world cup - which presumably will feature Santi weighing up whether to play for USA, Mexico or Spain before going on to win the World Cup with one.
Special features include a great, but short, documentary which details how they put the footballing shots together (pretty amazing stuff with entire games shot using multi-cameras using film not tape!) as well as the usual unnecessary deleted scenes and unfunny bloopers.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoy the spectacle!, 25 Jun 2007
I watched this with my eleven year old son and we both enjoyed the dream.
Yes this film is larger than life, but hey, it is what it is, a dream to aspire to.
A unique opportunity of glimpsing behind-the-scenes at one of the world's biggest clubs.
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6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Repeats the First Movie, Only in an Insufferably Cheesy Way, 10 Jul 2007
"Goal" wasn't a bad film, but it was mediocre and cheesy throughout every second. Still, the movie was nevertheless a little entertaining for all its ridiculousness and predictability. By comparison "Goal II: Living the Dream" is very much a bad film. Caring to do nothing more than repeat everything that went on in the first movie (only in a different shirt) and adding one or two ludicrous subplots, "Goal II: Living the Dream" is downright awful in every unholy second. That this movie is pointless goes without saying. That it is anything of value is impossible to believe. This movie is a painful experience littered with bad scripting, bad directing, bad acting and bad dialogue. There are problems after those, of course, but these are the most glaring.
Having made a noticeable impact at Newcastle United, star player Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) jumps at the chance to join Real Madrid CF when he is offered a contract. Soon enough, he is transferred and playing for Real, finding almost exactly the same situation faced in the first movie playing over again. Only this time, he inadvertently comes into contact with his distant brother and mother, which doesn't help his career much.
In the first movie Kuno Becker was a passable actor. In "Goal II: Living the Dream", he is simply annoying and repetetive. Becker's line deliveries are constantly stilted, his facial expressions are all over the place and he doesn't help elevate the god-awful dialogue he's been laboured with. Returning as Santiago's significant other, Anna Friel becomes merely a spectator. Perhaps that for the better, though, since her and Becker share absolutely no chemistry together. As far as her own personal performance goes, Friel is merely average, but at least that means she's above most of the other supporting actors. Elsewhere Alessandro Nivola and Stephen Dillane can't go away soon enough.
The most positive thing that can be said about "Goal II: Living the Dream" is that the players are in it. The Real Madrid players are actually given character elements and play their small parts with more skill than their Newcastle counterparts did with their "look at me" cameos of the first movie. Such a notion doesn't do much to help the film's overall quality though, every second is still vile and repulsive.
"Goal II: Living the Dream" should never have been made. Lacking a point and lacking the palpable plot conventions needed to make something as uninteresting as this any more bearable, this inferior sequel so far qualifies as one of the year's worst. Even by the standards of a sports movie, this is awful.
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