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By Sean O'connell (919) for Charlotte Weekly (185) on 23 Dec 2009

Finds its riveting story in the locker-room and board-room wranglings of competitive team leaders, and dissects them with documentary-style precision…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 15 Dec 2009

Offering just enough football to satisfy the fans in the stands, The Damned United is also a pleasingly high-quality British drama with some…

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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for Playback:stl (411) on 01 Dec 2009

the real story isn't about football, but about the competing agendas of two strong-willed individuals: one apparently playing the supporting…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 27 Nov 2009

Egoless acting, tight editing, and intelligent dialogue…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 27 Nov 2009

nothing like a conventional sports bio-pic; it's a character study of a difficult personality, a charming, enigmatic victim of self-sabotage…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 24 Nov 2009

Two things that the British know that most Americans don't: Michael Sheen is the best actor in the English-speaking world; and soccer is the…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 17 Nov 2009

Michael Sheen is pitch perfect again in this tale of a man and his ego…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 14 Nov 2009

The Damned United' is a soccer movie that's really about a man's struggle with his most dangerous opponent--his own ego…

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By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 14 Nov 2009

The Damn United has a far better chance of turning American blokes onto soccer, errr, football than David Beckham's frosted tips…

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By Justin Strout (143) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 12 Nov 2009

It's too easy to dismiss Sheen's work as basic mimicry; in fact, Sheen's Clough is his most intricate work thus far…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 11 Nov 2009

The Damned United is a most entertaining study in obsession wrapped in a traditional sports movie…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 04 Nov 2009

The Damned United beautifully demonstrates that, if you pair a truly gifted screenwriter with terrific actors, cinematic magic is possible,…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 30 Oct 2009

The Damned United is a thoughtful and entertaining study on the perils of ambition that has little to do with soccer and a lot to do with being…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 30 Oct 2009

It’s a fascinating story about ambition and vanity and pride, and in Sheen’s performance and the atmosphere capture by Hooper it contains…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 22 Oct 2009

A film whose likability lies almost completely on the shoulders of Sheen's Clough…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Oct 2009

[Michael Sheen] adds to his gallery of public figures (Tony Blair, David Frost) with a sharp performance here as the legendary UK soccer coach…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Film Threat (5,156) on 22 Oct 2009

Elevates a significant moment in the history of this massively passionate spectator sport…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 22 Oct 2009

Imagine an in-depth movie about a sequin factory in China that assumes we are already familiar with all of the details of sequin making, and…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 22 Oct 2009

Imagine an in-depth movie about a sequin factory in China that assumes we are already familiar with all of the details of sequin making, and…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 22 Oct 2009

While there's plenty of action, much of it satisfyingly wet and muddy, the reason to watch this film is its splendid cast…

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