2005 · drama · sports
Goal!
Directed by Danny Cannon1h 58m2005
Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that—a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
Our read: Goal! (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / sports, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- inventive
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