Of the actors, it's Alessandro Nivola in the role of a playboy midfielder who provides Goal!'s most entertaining performance. It's a pity then that the world he inhabits in the film is depicted in such cartoonish terms.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2019

There is a bulky bundle of sports movie cliches to sort through here if you do intend to follow the rise of wizardly soccer winger Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker)...

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 15, 2018

Director Danny Cannon ("I Still Know What You Did Last Summer") captures every bit of Kuno Becker's star quality although the committee-written script remains slack.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 19, 2009

...engaging and fun to watch, thanks mainly to Kuno Becker in the title role (he's such a nice kid, we can't help but root for him).

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 13, 2006

The action on the field won't be enough to sate the most soccer-crazed viewers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 24, 2006

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.

| Jun 24, 2006

A predictable mishmash of sports underdog cliches with a domestic release timed to capitalize on anticipation for the World Cup. Accordingly, expect plenty of elbow room at the local multiplex.

Full Review | Jun 12, 2006

Everything here is beyond predictable.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 9, 2006

The script is about as solid as a penalty kick with a deflated ball.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 8, 2006

A soccer-themed soap-opera that misses the net as an insipid, if inspirational, underdog tale.

| Original Score: 4/10 | May 20, 2006

Each obstacle is brought up and then dealt with in such a rushed and perfunctory manner that you wonder they even bothered to introduce them in the first place.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 20, 2006

| Original Score: D | May 20, 2006

... loses points for its disjointed script and fumbled field photography.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 19, 2006

There isn't one three-dimensional character or convincing line of dialogue, and the plot is simple-minded to the point of imbecility.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 18, 2006

Goal! is filled with cringe-inducing scenes we've seen before many, many times.

Full Review | May 16, 2006

Heck, we even call soccer by another name, christening it football even though foot actually seems to touch ball maybe a dozen times a match, if that.

| May 15, 2006

While the movie is a thoroughly generic sports movie, there's no denying that it works as a rousing example of the genre.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 14, 2006

The father-son tension comes to a head when -- as must happen in an inspirational sports drama -- Santiago gets his big chance.

Full Review | May 13, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 13, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 13, 2006