DVD | Goal!

Rating: PG - Contains Sexual References.
Duration: 118 mins.
Genre: Drama.
Actors: Anna Friel, Sean Pertwee, Alessandro Nivola, Stephen Dillane, Marcel Iures, Kuno Becker.
Release Date: Available now.

Santiago Munez loved playing football as a kid in Mexico, and kept up his love for the game in America after his father saves enough money for them to ‘relocate’ there.

As gifted a player as he is, Santiago’s father refuses to have anything to do with his passion, and insists that their place is one of a lowly existence and dreams are a waste of time.

But things change when a visiting English football scout catches a glimpse of his skills whilst visiting his daughter. Such is the scouts belief in Santiago, that he pulls every string he has to to get a trial for a Newcastle United.

Of course things don’t go as planned, and the journey is on of predictable ups and downs with a dreamlike ending that you saw coming from the very beginning.

Predictable and clichéd, this formula written drama offers nothing new. But what it does do, it does well. A heart warming story of chasing after your dreams and believing in yourself, Goal fills a void that is often ignored by Hollywood: the need for a positive, affirming tale.

Food for thought
We can either snuff out someone’s flaming passion, or help fuel it. If we help fuel it and they fail, is anything lost? But if we help snuff it out do we create a void in their life?