Review of The Damned United (2009) by Vicky A — 09 Mar 2010
It's odd, but every time I see a movie heavily focused on soccer/football, it's always even better than I'd hoped. Not being very knowledgeable about football/soccer, I never know exactly what I may be getting myself into, but one after another, I'm very impressed by films such as Bend It Like Beckham, Green Street Hooligans, or even She's the Man -- I mean all of the film, including especially the soccer/football angle.
Maybe I should have played this sport? : )I did not know who the legendary Brian Clough was, but I'd read enticing comments about this intriguing biopic. It's plainly fictionalized, I'm sure -- the shape of this portion of this amazing man's life is too literary in form, although how far afield from hard fact it might stray, I could not guess.
Suffice it to say that the good folks involved in this project are very successful at painting a fascinating portrait of Clough. I am very glad I took a chance on this one, and Michael Sheen is definitely a great find for me.
This is well worth watching, even if, like me, you know very little about football/soccer.By the way, I don't know how you all might feel about the "special features" on DVDs. Me? Most likely I find them not so special.
All the special features on this DVD, however, are interesting. I especially like the way they contextualize the deleted scenes, the instance of the two deleted scenes for the same scene in particular.
Great stuff, all of the special features, and very informative.
This review of The Damned United (2009) was written by Vicky A on 09 Mar 2010.
The Damned United has generally received very positive reviews.
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