WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

ophelyparis-30634 The film is very disappointing don't go and watch it not action scenes the is strange because he killed bunny eat the music is good the film is not fun don't waste your money

kiminicreepy I think the film is so-so, on the one hand we have an inconvincing casting, some scene are violent, the plot is dull. On the other hand we have great sound design and original story. When i went watching the film, i have sleep in the middle of the film on the shoulder of my friend next to me. However, if you like the football, this film is for you, but for me it's not woth for my money. Honorine.

Juan Carlos Peralta I have seen this movie on November 2005 in an European Cinema Festival in Lima. It was really excellent, and I'm purchasing it on Amazon.de. The digital making of Wankdorf Stadion in Bern was awesome, and the story was touching. The performing of the final was a surprise, because before it, no football scene had been seen in the movie. Only one mistake: the boy went with his father from Germany to Bern by car (borrowed from a priest), but they returned by train. What happened to the car of the infortunate priest? Nevertheless, if you are a football fan, don't miss it and PURCHASE IT FROM AMAZON.DE!!! The DVD does have Spanish subtitles.

Harry T. Yung SpoilersLet's set the score straight. 'Football' here does not mean the affair in which your kicking score comprises 3 points for a field goal and 1 for a successful touchdown conversion.The general backdrop is post WWII Germany. The story runs parallel in two venues (a small town in Germany and the facilities for the 1954 World Cup held in Switzerland) and three lines: a war prisoner returning to readapt to a new life; a couple's belated, improvised honeymoon when the husband is called upon to report on the World Cup; and the German team's struggle and triumph.The characters are varied, as is their difference in depth. Somewhat one-dimensional, albeit rather pleasing, is the young couple in the sub-plot, she from a rich family, playful and fun-loving, he a rising reporter (although it's difficult to tell why, based on his performance), with little hint in either to shed much light on their real character. Having more depth is the family with the father returning after 12 years as a prison-of-war to his wife and three children. The main focus here is on the father and the youngest son he didn't even know about, being was born nine months after he left (didn't get the letters sent to him). The father's difficulties in adjusting back to a normal life is reasonably well depicted. The twelve-year-old's innocence, slightly introvert personality and healthy curiosity have also come across nicely. In the last of the three story lines, the Germany football team, the two key characters are the coach and a player from the boy's town, who is also his mentor and father figure. Both are stereotyped, but acceptable. There are a few aspects of this film that I would like to particularly mention. Some of the scenes of Switzerland are unbelievably beautiful, even surpassing those you see at the opening of The Sound of Music (when Julie Andrews sings the title number). The dialogue, insofar as I can surmise from the sub-title, is witty. There is even an exchange, between the coach and a cleaning lady at the hotel, that comprises entirely of proverbs, reminiscing of two songs in two different Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (HMS Pinafore and Iolanthe). The usual 'echoing' technique is well places e.g. in the final scene in the train, the boy bringing two cold beers to his mentor, or echoing to his father what the latter said before 'German boys don't cry'.I think it's appropriate to leave the final words to football. The upbeat game in the finale is well shot and wisely refrains from being over-melodramatic, although, as far as I understand, the actual score of 3-1 has been modified to 3-2 for dramatic effects. To the audience in town, the games are obviously much more appealing than those in Remember the Titans (2000). Interesting to note also that thing haven't changed in 50 years. Although the TV screen has come a long way, the crowd at the pub shown in the movie is essentially no different from the crowd I rubbed shoulder with in the local pubs two years ago for the 2002 World Cup.