The beautiful game is a feel good story that features a former soccer phenomenon who was never able to truly make it as a young teenager. Vinny finds himself "homeless" and in a real rut in life.
The problem with this movie is it doesn't really develop the arch of Vinny and we never really see his light side re-appear. Yes he eventually plays with, and wins, with South Africa at the homeless World Cup, but we never see him open up and address him teammates and scout in a genuine way.
He betrays his friends, time and time again. He even neglects his drug recovering roommate and never gets a real chance to make up for that. They make this a feel good story about a man who keeps making mistakes with reactions on FaceTime to his daughter at home, to his teammates, and ultimately to himself.
In the end it's nice to see him have a little bit of a revival and I do like Michael Ward as an actor. The movie script is based on real live events and is not horrible but not good either.
The problem with this movie is it doesn't really develop the arch of Vinny and we never really see his light side re-appear. Yes he eventually plays with, and wins, with South Africa at the homeless World Cup, but we never see him open up and address him teammates and scout in a genuine way.
He betrays his friends, time and time again. He even neglects his drug recovering roommate and never gets a real chance to make up for that. They make this a feel good story about a man who keeps making mistakes with reactions on FaceTime to his daughter at home, to his teammates, and ultimately to himself.
In the end it's nice to see him have a little bit of a revival and I do like Michael Ward as an actor. The movie script is based on real live events and is not horrible but not good either.