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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIf there's a gay cliche who doesn't flounce through this feel-good German comedy, he must have been out of town when the casting call went out, but its fundamental good nature is tough to resist.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt's surefire entertainment: loopy and predictable, but tremendously likable.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderFollowing the same general blueprint as "The Bad News Bears" or "The Longest Yard," this engaging, well-paced German film directed by Sherry Horman includes a vibrantly funny script by Benedikt Gollhardt.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyWith its clean narrative lines, easily grasped message and literal kick-line of affable, non-threatening gay characters, the film is carefully calibrated for mass appeal. It leaves no shortcut or pratfall untaken, and it will be all the more popular for it.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA wry, robust comedy of broad, sometimes crass humor set in the ultra-macho world of a small-town German soccer team.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceBoth totally predictable and unerringly charming, with all of the quirky players, training montages, and father-son drama you'd expect.
- The climactic game provides an opportunity for some of the most sustained - and literal - gay bashing in movie history, even if the outcome is no more surprising than that of any other underdog comedy.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere are moments of genuine emotion between the wacky tryouts and the nail-biter finale, and it seems churlish to complain. But there's little room for laziness around superior players like "Shaolin Soccer" and "Bend It Like Beckham."
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckGolhardt's screenplay has enough quirkily charming moments to compensate for its plethora of stereotypical characters and cliched situations, and director Sherry Hormann provides a light enough touch to make the proceedings palatable, if not quite enjoyable.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA by-the-numbers ensemble dramedy that hits every underdog and gay-fish-out-of-water cliche on the nose.