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Goal II: Living the Dream

2007 · 115 min

A glossy, predictable sports melodrama that coasts on stadium spectacle and soapy personal drama, offering easy, undemanding entertainment.

Directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel
Tagline
This time the dream is real.
Overview
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.

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Rent in the UK
  • Sky Store
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by
Terry Loane, Adrian Butchart, Mike Jefferies
Starring
Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Alessandro Nivola, Elizabeth Peña, Jorge Jurado, Rutger Hauer, Leonor Varela
Music
Stephen Warbeck
Cinematography
Flavio Martínez Labiano
Runtime
115 min
Country
Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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