Saipan
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On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy.
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- Sep 4, 2025
People will say Éanna Hardwicke killed it in his portrayal of Roy Keane. And look he’s done brilliantly for himself and all. But we can keep ourselves grounded, can’t we? He’s an actor. It’s like praising the postman for delivering the mail. That’s his job.
AlanMovesDec 30, 2025Waiting For The GOAT To say Roy Keane was Ireland’s answer to JFK Jr., and that Saipan was his plane crash (at least in an Irish shirt), would be truthful and melodramatic all at once. If you were a football fan in the 90s — especially an Irish Man United fan like I was —…
Ian CurranDec 27, 2025Every time they start to lose you in the movie they play a tiktok football hope core edit. And it worked every time to pull me back in
Seán - Dec 27, 2025
autistic king roy keane faces untold horrors at the hands of alan partridge
gráinneJan 21, 2026Oscar for most unwarranted penis shot
AugustJamesOct 13, 2025Really respect the guy in front of me immediately opening BBC Sport as soon as the credits rolled
Beck Clegg - Jan 22, 2026
‘Girl, so confusing’ feat. Roy Keane & Mick McCarthy
shannonSep 4, 2025The film opening with Acquiesce made me ascend into space and leave my body
JessiJan 23, 2026how is the cardboard head of roy keane the least chaotic part of this film
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- Hank Jenkins likedSaipan
A chaotic and darkly comedic look at the infamous civil war that divided the world of Irish football
Bootlegger likedSaipan6/10 Great acting from the main characters, pretty standard ordinary film throughout
Daniel Spicer is "meh" onSaipanBest bit was Roy calling Mick a smupid cunm
- Glenn Jeffers likedSaipan
V v good, hate Mick
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Metacritic
Jan 22, 2026
Finally, someone has returned to The Damned United’s cunning formula for a good football movie: don’t show any football.
Phil de Semlyen
Time Out
Oct 20, 2025
Instead of glorifying men at the top of their game (well, at least Keane), it’s a fascinating, funny, and smart breakdown of how one argument served as a microcosm for centuries of conflict, cultural values, and men’s egos.
Emma Kiely
Collider
Sep 17, 2025
Both actors are superb, but the problem is that history isn’t really on their side. The incidents depicted in “Saipan” were dramatic in 2002, especially in the sports arena, and to a fixated Irish public who took sides. But two decades later, it all lands with a thud.
Gregory Ellwood
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