Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles, he thinks it is only that--a dream. Until one day an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for Premiership club Newcastle United.
... it is good and caring work, with more human detail than we expect.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
13 May 2006
rotten:
Goal! is filled with cringe-inducing scenes we've seen before many, many times.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
16 May 2006
rotten:
Everything here is beyond predictable.
– John Monaghan,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Jun 2006
rotten:
The combination of button-pushing uplift, sundry sweeping helicopter shots and a bombastic score that sounds like it came on a free transfer from a Tony Scott movie proves as resistibly synthetic as the CGI-enhanced heroics on the pitch.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
It is constructed of sports movie cliches but built on an unshakable foundation of earnestness.