The Game of Their Lives 2005

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: ...disappointingly mediocre... Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Director David Anspaugh has a skilled touch, but there's just not that much drama to film. This is a very competent, very predictable sports film. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: These guys give a sport that is virtually nameless in the movies a good name in this one. Read more

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: Like a corner kick that doesn't quite bend, Game is a faithful, straightforward docudrama that fails to become something more rewarding. Read more

David Germain, Denver Post: ...this soccer tale is about as exciting to watch as a scoreless match between opponents so defense-minded the ball never gets beyond midfield. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A reverent fable of such soothing proportions that it would be churlish to ask if America ever really looked like that -- or sounded like that, either:As an old sportswriter, Patrick Stewart tries out an accent left over by the Pepperidge Farm cookie man. Read more

Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: History loves underdogs. And so do director David Anspaugh and writer Angelo Pizzo. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: A detailed yet uninvolving soccer film. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Game of Their Lives covers its story like an assignment, not like a mission. Read more

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Mike Clark, USA Today: The maker of Hoosiers and Rudy barely makes do with the soccer-themed drama The Game of Their Lives. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: ...lacks even a penalty kick's worth of tension and is paradoxically inert for a movie about guys running up and down the pitch for the glory of the U.S. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: One day someone will make a fine soccer film. This isn't that day. Read more