Purely Joyful Movie!

Did you people see the same film I saw?

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The football in this film is awful and damn right cringeworthy. He looks like he's never kicked a ball in his life let alone play at the highest level, truly awful depiction of the great game. If you're going to make a FOOTBALL film get someone who can actually play and kick a football, not looking like it's the first time he's played!!

This movie talks about a young kid named Santiago Munez, who lived his childhood in Mexico, and then moved to America. His dream was to become a professional footballer, but he faced a lot of problems trying to achieve that dream, one of them was his father. During his teenage life, he played for a local team in Los Angels, and had two part-time jobs. During one of his matches, a former footballer who played for Newcastle United, named Glen Foy attended his match and witnessed the young man's talent. After the match, he promised him to get an agent to watch his next match, but unfortunately he couldn't make it. The next day, Glen Foy had a phone call with Newcastle manager to give the young man a trial, which he accepted. here came the turning point of the movie which was his dad. He saw him collecting money to go to Newcastle, and decided to take away all his money in-order for him to not go, which made the young completely upset. The next day his Grandma came up to him and gave Santiago the ticket to Newcastle without his father knowing. The next day he was in Newcastle where he faced millions of problems. On the day of his first and only trial game, he played in a muddy pitch which he was not used to in America. His performance was bad and was rejected by the manager. On the same day, Glen talked to the manager in personnel and convinced him to give the kid a 1-month trial for the club, Newcastle United. After 3 weeks of hard work, he mad it to the reserve squad. The only problem he had was that he suffered from breathing problems. On his first match, he lost his inhaler on the time he needed it. He played terrible during his match which made the club decide on letting him go. During his training sections a first-squad player was playing with him and noticed his talent. On the day he was leaving back to Los Angels to the Airport, for coincidence, the first-squad player. Gaven Harris was with him. Santiago explained his problem with Gaven and told him he'll talk to the manager, When he arrived to the training ground, Gaven had a talk to the manager and explained Santiago's situation, the coach agreed on letting him continue. The young man had no excuse now,where he had to prove himself,which he did. He played and worked harder everyday until he reached the first-squad. The team had only three matches left and had to win them all to qualify for the Champions league. He played his first two matches as a substitute. On the third and last game, the coach decided to play Santiago from the beginning, where Santiago manged to score the winning goal and qualify his team to Champions League.

I don't know much about soccer and had never heard of the movie. Our 9 year old grandson brought it when he came to visit and we enjoyed it immensely! The acting was very believable an the story was well done. We had a little trouble understanding the British accents, but no problem knowing what emotion was being portrayed. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who loves sports, soccer, a nice love story, or just wants a decent movie to watch with the kids. I liked the relationship Santiago had with his grandmother and brother and felt sad that he didn't reconcile with his father. But that just made us realize how important it is to maintain family relationships. This story had other themes that gave it depth, such as having dreams and realizing them, making your way in the world without handouts, importance of friendship, teamwork and keeping your feet on the ground despite fame.

This film is absolutely brilliant.I like this film,because it is about football and i like football very much!!!OK,this film isn't real,because Santiago,the main character,but a street boy,can't play Premier division,English league,immediately,but it is film and in the film can happen everything.It is too sadly,because Santiago father died,but Santiago play again in New castle and he play on well and in the last match in the season he scores. I like New castle stadium,because It is nice a big.On the other hand,the stadium in America is bad.Why,because there aren't seats and there isn't roof.So,when it is raining,you must go away,or stay there and you will be wet.