Next Goal Wins
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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
Letterboxd User Reviews
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- Nov 21, 2023
would watch hours of ‘Who’s On The Plane?’
Alex VlahovNov 1, 2023Less emphasis on angry white man learning life lessons. More of Jaiyah’s story. More about the other members of the team and community. More about American Samoa. Please and thank you.
AbbySep 10, 2023I held strong on Taika Waititi for a while but it’s not lookin good rn
jonathan fujii - Nov 17, 2023
you either die as michael fassbender listening to the smiths or live long enough to be michael fassbender jamming out to sia.
Nate SamuelsNov 17, 2023all hail our lord and savior jaiyah
ndc32002Sep 10, 2023NEXT GOAL WINS is self-aware of the sports genre cliches & white savior stereotype it’s playing with. Taika Waititi tries to make light of them with a vibrant exaggeration of a true story designed not to be a high piece of art but to simply have fun & make audiences feel…
Matt Neglia - Sep 10, 2023
pack it in mates
David SimsDec 11, 2023every time i say this people think it's a scathing own and not a completely neutral observation but this would be a top tier DCOM. oscar kightley i love you!
demi adejuyigbeSep 10, 2023this is my "ted lasso"
ram<3
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- Conner4real is "meh" onNext Goal Wins
The Samoan culture and music was amazing. But they literally built 2 characters throughout the whole movie. They needed to put less time In Jaya and more time into the whole team.
Kward0610 lovedNext Goal WinsMy second watch and this film was even better. It’s a film about grief and getting a second chance. Michael Fassbender is fantastic and its well directed. Super underrated movie.
Clay Werner likedNext Goal Wins6.6 - Pretty standard formulaic, feel-good sports story that seems to mostly know what it is. Some definite issues for me, but mostly outweighed by the good in the supporting cast, especially Kaimana who stole the show for my theater. I liked it but expect more of Taika.
- boxers likedNext Goal Wins
It wasn’t exactly what I was expecting but it’s still good. Pretty short movie and because it’s a true story it makes it more fun to watch, and I loved learning about the team and what they had to overcome to reach their goal.
Sabrina Bondi likedNext Goal WinsWaititi’s shtick runs thin, and there are badly misguided moments, but this is still a warm, heart-mostly-in-the-right-place portrait of a momentously poor sports team.
jovanna likedNext Goal Winsi just love taika waititi movies, great story and the fact that it was real makes everything better, such a funny film with great reflexions 8.5/10
- Cinematic Joshua likedNext Goal Wins
A cliche, but quirky and endearing soccer movie with a misleading title and way too much focus on a trans character. Its comedy also tries way too hard to score just 1 goal.
Logan Brien is "meh" onNext Goal Winsnothing special, it’s a feel good movie but it’s definitely taikas worst solo movie it’s neither bad nor good 5/10
rent dislikedNext Goal Winsmy room shook everytime the fat ones walked
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- EBEric Brady
Awful trans propaganda with a few funny moments.
JKJeff KelsoVery funny and inspirational movie!
TPTolai PeiFun to watch
- IPIntan Parada
Really great story.
MRMichael RobbinsFeel good comedy about the underdog
KMKaren MortensenLeave politics out of movies!
- BSBlake ScarbroughJFJonathan FeldmanJSJustin Striplin
Metacritic
Jan 2, 2024
Based on an acclaimed documentary, the film looks to be asking us to fill in the many gaps in its Swiss-cheese narrative.
Donald Clarke
The Irish Times
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.
Jeannette Catsoulis
The New York Times
Sep 11, 2023
The film is a shoddily made and strikingly unfunny attempt to tell an interesting story in an uninteresting way.
Benjamin Lee
The Guardian
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Next Goal Wins (2023) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is Next Goal Wins (2023)?
The movie is 1hr 44min long.
What's Next Goal Wins (2023) about?
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.
Who's the cast of Next Goal Wins (2023)?
- Michael Fassbender as Thomas Rongen
- Elisabeth Moss
- Will Arnett
- Oscar Kightley
- Kaimana
- David Fane
- Beulah Koale
- Uli Latukefu
- Rachel House
- Chris Alosio
Who's the director behind Next Goal Wins (2023)?
Taika Waititi directed Next Goal Wins (2023).
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