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Within a matter of minutes, you know how this one’s going to play out. Goal tells the tale of Santiago Nunez, a Mexican living in Los Angeles. His family are poor, his father has ideas for what he wants him to do, and yet he has an incredible football talent. So when a British scout sees him play, and cobbles together a trial for him at Newcastle United, he has to choose between his father’s plans and the chance to play football thousands of miles away.

It wouldn’t be much of a film if he chose the former, and truthfully, you’ll not find too many surprises where Goal is concerned. It sticks fairly rigidly to the sporting movie template that’s been set down since the days of Rocky, and, given that this is the first in a trilogy, it’s hardly surprising that it doesn’t take too many risks.

And yet, as a piece of entertainment, it works absolutely fine. From the suitably convincing football action, the inevitable distractions of a footballer’s life and unintentionally hilarious cameos from the likes of David Beckham, Goal is fun, pure and simple. The trailer for the sequel, included on the DVD, promises even more of the same. Bring it on…--Simon Brew

DVD Description
Santiago Munez is a poor Mexican-American immigrant who seems destined to follow his father into menial jobs to support the family. But with his exceptional talent for soccer, Santiago is given the chance of a lifetime to live his dream and make it as a professional footballer. This means leaving his family, his life and everything he knows in Los Angeles to travel halfway around the world to England for a trial with top club, Newcastle United. Alone in the exciting, glamorous and completely foreign world of professional football, Santiago must choose between his father's fate and his own destiny to prove he has the talent and determination to play amongst the best.

With some of the worlds biggest footballing stars on show, including England captain David Beckham, Spanish superstar Raul and former world player of the year Zinedine Zidane, Goal! provides the most exciting and authentic football action ever to be seen on film. An ideal gift for anyone in love with the beautiful game, Goal! arrives packed full of goalmouth action, comedy, camaraderie and unmissable extras. If you share Shankley's view that football is more important than life or death, then don't miss out on Goal!, the greatest football film ever.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   26 of 28 people found the following review helpful: Best Footy Flick ever?, 28 Nov 2005 By  John Page "jony_darko" - See all my reviews    This is a 3 star film really, football fans add 1 star, Geordies add 2 stars.(Im a Geordie)Probably the best film ever made about football, but to be fair there isnt much competion. The story follows a young Mexican footballer living in poverty in Los Angeles, who is discovered by an ex football scout and given a trial for Newcastle United. Filmed mostly in the North East, Newcastle films brilliantly, with excellent panaramic sweeps of the city. New boy Kuno Becker takes the lead and gives quite a moving if some what schmaltsy performance, while Anna Friel plays the love interest with quite an impressive Geordie accent and Alan Shearer manages his line! The film is very American at times, but this doesnt detract from the fairly fast pace too much. The football scenes are well mixed with live action and there are several cameos including Beckham, Raul, Zidane and Brian Johnson from AC/DC. The sondtrack is excellent featuring some classic Brit pop anthems. All in all this is very entertaining and well recommended.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Good entertainment., 12 Jun 2006 By  Steve (Huddersfield, U.K.) - See all my reviews    I am not a football fan. On the first day of the World Cup, this DVD arrived from Amazon rentals. I can't even remember listing it, but must have done. Great. Well, in fact it's a damn good film. Poor boy overcomes problems to achieve success; yes it's been done before, but a couple of things mark this one out. Lots of interesting characters- especially our hero Nunez (Kuno Becker). Lots of cameo appearances-but was that really Sven? How did he get the time? The whole thing has a feel good appeal. And the cinematographer has rightly made Newcastle look beautiful. Some stunning shots of the Tyne. A bit of irony here, the poor boy coming over from L.A (which looks a right dump), home of Hollywood, to achieve fame in a formerly industrial northern English city, now looking very classy. Definitely worth seeing.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: "You deserve this chance, Santiago. Take it", 4 Jun 2006 By  M. Alcat "bel_78" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews       "Goal" is a highly entertaining movie that is likely to be appreciated not only by those who love soccer, but also by those who don't have the faintest idea of what that sport is about. If you belong to the first category, don't miss this film: it is not overly original, but it is pretty entertaining and dynamic, managing to transmit at least part of the energy and passion that we associate with soccer. In case you belong to the second category, it is high time you learn at least something about soccer, specially now that the 2006 World Cup is about to begin :) The plot is simple, but good. The main character is Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker), a young immigrant from Mexico that lives in Los Angeles. Santiago loves to play soccer, but works as a gardener with his father in order to earn money for his family. One day, a scout sees him in a game and is thoroughly impressed, so much so that he ends up offering Santiago a try out at an important English club, Newcastle United. Santiago is enormously happy, but his father isn't, because he thinks that Santiago is just being foolish. On the other hand, Santiago's grandmother and his brother are fully supportive of whatever Santiago decides to do. What will happen? Will Santiago be able to follow his dream? Of course, if you want the answers to those questions, watch this film! On the whole, I can say that "Goal" is a very well-made film about soccer, family, friendship and above all, the importance of following your dreams. Highly recommended! Belen Alcat  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 16 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews