The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,614 2020s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
613 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael GiacchinoOriginal Music Composer
- Taika WaititiDirector
- Iain MorrisScreenplay
- Taika WaititiScreenplay
Cast
- Michael FassbenderThomas Rongen
- Oscar KightleyTavita
- KaimanaJaiyah
- David FaneAce
- Rachel HouseRuth
- Beulah KoaleDaru
- Taika WaititiAmerican Samoan Priest
- Will ArnettAlex Magnussen
- Elisabeth MossGail
- Uli LatukefuNicky Salapu
- Sisa GreyConvenient Store Cashier
- Semu FilipoRambo
Stills
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Themes
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