SummaryHow far would you go to live your dream? When Santiago Munez (Becker) is given the chance of a lifetime, he must leave his family, his life in Los Angeles and everything that he knows to travel halfway around the globe to England and into a completely foreign world -- the exciting, fast-paced and glamorous world of international soccer. Goal! tak... Read More
Directed By:Danny Cannon
Written By:Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Goal! The Dream Begins
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Mixed or Average
53
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
53
53% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
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5% Negative
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100
Goal! hits the back of the net and is an early candidate for the funnest movie of the summer.
75
Most sports films are also fish-out-of-water stories, and this one qualifies as both.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
69% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
28% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
3% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Jun 12, 2018
9
An inspirational movie not just for soccer players but for all of us. Thanks for Glen Foy. Very entertaining movie.
Feb 1, 2015
9
The best football (soccer) movie ever made. Although the story is pretty cliche but the visuals are actually quite good. I guess it's only really enjoyable for football fans.
63
A big success in Europe, the film has already spawned two sequels, the first of which is due to be released in the fall.
63
The film is capably acted and somewhat inspiring.
50
If you can abide booming orchestral punches during verbal confrontations and ubiquitous Adidas product placement, you'll be rewarded by exciting soccer sequences and the joy of watching a likable character triumph on a global stage.
40
The trouble with Goal!, which -- horror of horrors -- is the first of a trilogy, is that it's neither a persuasive story nor a satisfying display of soccer.
38
Handsomely shot and with a likable lead in Kuno Becker, it also suffers from a script so outrageously generic you could buy it at Costco.
Jan 14, 2011
8
I'm a massive fan of football so I loved this movie. Not exactly funny but still a great movie for football (or soccer) fans.
Sep 19, 2023
7
Good career must have a good body and keep the healthy life. But good manner will throw you to the next step of the journey
May 27, 2015
7
Not one of the best movies you've seen, but this film manages to keep you elgat monitor. A beautiful story .
Jan 19, 2011
7
Nice movie... charming... is nice to see how a man go too far for his dream, and to be sincere, there's not many movies of football... so, it's even better to see this well known worlwide game from another point of view, better than watch documentals the whole time... the first movie i guess trying to put us in the mind of a football player beginnings and how long and hard is the path of glory... job well done. Intelligent and emotional.
Apr 30, 2013
4
Half believable and half not. Genuinely the plot may happen to a point but I extremely doubt it would go so far. You can spot what will happen by picking up the box. It was just far too predictable that any of the tension was **** out of the movie. The Cameo appearances are meant to be WOW moments but really they are not. I did not care. The film was pointless and really did not have any emotional depth to it. The actors playing footballers you can see are terrible football players and the plot is as thin as paper. I would really not waste my time and I will not watch the second film.. Why would I? I bet I know that plot as well.
