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Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) and based on a true story, NEXT GOAL WINS follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. With the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this heartfelt underdog comedy.

Cast

  • Michael Fassbender
  • Elisabeth Moss
  • Will Arnett
  • Oscar Kightley
  • Kaimana
  • David Fane
  • Beulah Koale
  • Uli Latukefu
  • Rachel House
  • Chris Alosio

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Verified Review

Awful trans propaganda with a few funny moments.

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Eric B
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Feel good comedy about the underdog

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Michael R

Metacritic

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Nov 16, 2023

Bland photography and perfunctory writing are the very least of my issues with Next Goal Wins, a movie-shaped stain on the class of entertainment known as the sports-underdog comedy.

Metacritic review by Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
The New York Times
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Sep 15, 2023

Next Goal Wins feels like it's made by a director out of ideas — it's a film made up of lazy, visually vacant, and soulless filmmaking.

Barry Levitt
Slashfilm
40
Sep 11, 2023

The film is a shoddily made and strikingly unfunny attempt to tell an interesting story in an uninteresting way.

Metacritic review by Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee
The Guardian