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6.1/10 • 36

2013-10-041h 34m

Drama

A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.

Directors
David Scheinmann
Writters
Carmelo Pennisi, Massimiliano Durante, David Scheinmann
Editors
Carmelo Pennisi, Massimiliano Durante, David Scheinmann, Julian Rodd

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Natascha McElhone

    Natascha McElhone

    Erica Gallagher

  2. Brian Cox

    Brian Cox

    Matt Busby

  3. Toby Stephens

    Toby Stephens

    Dr. Farquar

  4. Kate Ashfield

    Kate Ashfield

    Helen

  5. Anne Reid

    Anne Reid

    Jean Busby

  6. Philip Jackson

    Philip Jackson

    Bob

  7. Richard Strange

    Richard Strange

    Father Brian

  8. Jack Smith

    Jack Smith

    Georgie Gallagher

  9. Danny Scheinmann

    Danny Scheinmann

    Billy

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John Chard

May 15, 2015

6/10

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for. Believe is a British football movie that finds the legendary Sir Matt Busby (Brian Cox) coaching a kids 7 a side football team. Matt Busby was the manager of Manchester United Football Club, who lost their team of starlets (known as The Busby Babes) to the Munich air crash of 1958. Busby would then go on to rebuild the team and make them into a world force, one that still exists today. Here he is in long retirement exile, but still moulding young football minds. It's based on true events. We have a heavy dose of sentimentality on offer here, not just with the flashbacks to the tragic loss of The Busby Babes, but also to the working class kids of terrace housed Manchester. Of single parents trying to make ends meet, of kids with absent fathers erring on the wrong side of the law, education a dangled carrot just out of reach. However, the sentimentality is not cloying, it's well handled and performed, but the pic never gets to uplift status. It has some good laughs in the mix, usually when Toby Stephens' pompous school tutor is on screen, while the ultimate conclusion - even though it's what we expect - warms the cockles, but it never branches out to be more than just a family film for kiddies who like football, or for Manchester folk eager for anything involving Sir Matt Busby. It makes for a decent "B" movie support to There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, though not nearly as good as that film. Cox, Stephens and the tender Busby Babes sequences (very Field of Dreams) make it worth a watch, but it should have been smarter and better. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000.00
Revenue
$284,000.00
Keywords
sportsfootball (soccer)