Y EL PUEBLO GRITO MARADO'! MARADO'!

As a pure football fan of 60 years, he was a genius. As our opponents for Argentina versus England in the 1986, World Cup quarter-final, he was a cheat. But he still remains the greatest footballer of all time and single handily win the World Cup for Argentina that year. The documentary is a must watch and you can't help, but become very fond of Maradona. The person & be in awe of Maradona, the footballer. Five stars! Absolutely loved it.

Brilliant doco on the playing career and personal life of the legend Diego Maradona during his time at Napoli. Great footage, a compelling story, along with clever direction and storytelling makes this one of the best sports docos in recent years.

I think this is a very clear and unbiased film about the great myth that is Diego Maradona. He is a god in his own country and not only there. Despite that, people involved in the making of this film treated him as what he actually is (was) a human being. Very nice documentary.

Understandably, Asif Kapdia's documentary is screened this weekend, a few days after we said goodbye to one of the best footballers of all time. And boy is it worth a watch. Kapadia has a terrific skill in drawing you into his films even if you have no interest in the subject matter. Despite having no interest in F1, Senna (2010) had me in pieces by the end, and it's without doubt one of the best documentaries of recent times. He repeated the feat with Amy (2015), and has perfected the style a third time with Diego Maradona, helped by some truly astonishing archive footage. Focusing on his time at Napoli rather than tackling a broader scope, this allows for incredible focus as well as pulling in other themes from his life and applying them to the Napoli years. It's terrific.

Superbe documentaire. Vintage football. El pibe de oro...

A compelling documentary. Really shows the adoration of the man himself and the power that football has to shift the mindset of the community. The film focuses mostly on his time at Napoli and I had very little Idea about what happened when they signed him. Certainly worth a watch. It would have been better to also focus on Boca where he spent most of his career in. Anyway 10/10, great film.

It's possible to argue that Diego Maradona was football's first global celebrity; where you place him in the top 5 male players of all time is perhaps not relevant to that. His emergence as a great, moving from Argentina to become a dominant European force and driving his country to World Cup success, went hand in hand with being one of the very first footballers to achieve the sort of fame which is now such a feature of the sporting landscape. Celebrity - its pitfalls and its effects on the person themselves - was also the focus of writer-director Asif Kapadia's outstanding film on Amy Winehouse, and it's fitting that it's also the theme of this film on the great Argentian footballer. We follow - in significant detail - his career from its early days, skipping over his brief and less successful stint in Spain, and home in on his days in Naples. It's here he found his peak as a player; it's here that his fame ascended to previously unheard-of levels; it's here that he ended up broken. In doing so his addiction to cocaine is the focus of the second half the film and alongside that the way he became owned more by organised crime than he was by his employers. In terms of his relationships, the film gives less away. We do hear from sisters and his mother; the relationship with the woman who bore his son whom he only acknowledged late in life is given little time, and the same is true of what has been reported elsewhere of his poor treatment of women. It may be that this is seen as less essential to the study of celebrity as a phenomena, but it also feels a little troubling. The rest of the film is often thrilling or moving. Watching footage of his genius is always something to behold; there is little room left to doubt just how special a talent he was. And his final descent, which is really only briefly addressed as the film comes to a close, is no less moving for it; in fact, its brevity may be the point. It's almost as if giving little screen-time to that later part of his story, Kapadia is saying something about the toxic cost of celebrity, and what happens to a person who becomes something different to what those who idolise him demand. The film as a whole skilfully unpacks the difference the man himself spoke of between the two parts of his persona; Diego, the boy from Argentina who just wanted to play and Maradona, the man who carried a world on his shoulders and ultimately found it too heavy to carry. As such, the film marks a valuable entry into what needs to be a growing understanding of what celebrity culture is and does; watched alongside the Amy Winehouse film (Amy), there is much to think on here.

A must watch for any football fan & a great film in general. The archive footage is brilliant and this film truly depicts what Diego had to go through in becoming the greatest footballer of our time. 5/5.

This is the documentary that best exposes the difference between Diego and Maradona and subtly explains how the character ate the best player in the world.

Kicked, battered, bruised, high, snorting, booed, reviled, worshipped, smothered and enveloped he comes through. Wearing the coolest footy kits ever made, the greatest player of them all, the people's champion, just about triumphs. Marvellous documentary of a different time: you can't imagine national tv would ask girls which Napoli player they would sleep with, pant laden champagne flowing dressing rooms, seatless stands. You know it matters more when a five foot nothing guy gets his hand to the ball before a six foot four Peter Shilton.

Novedosa. Imagenes ineditas. Quedo corta para la vida de Maradona.

Diego Maradona is the best documentary film that brings the truth of Maradona's career, family, and life.

An amazing insight into the life & decline of the genius that was Diego Armando Maradona & his time in Naples for where he was herald a god by supporters, but his association with the mob & cocain made him a prisoner & unable to leave with the scandals that followed.

He had it all and did it all one of the most charismatic emotional passionate and real footballers you'll ever see. In a team sport to witness someone single handedly win titles with an average argentina and napoli is simply incredible. This movie captures his highs and lows of his career and you see how damaging such god like fame can be to anyone regardless of money and talent were all human and we have our flaws. A great movie for simply the greatest that's ever played the game.

i know everything about the man 'Diego' and about the god 'Maradona' but this bio-pic has found a new and interesting way to present the tremendous and tragic life of the one of the greatest footballer. A must watch!!

Maradona's genius is the stuff of legends but Kapadia does a phenomenal job of making you live Maradona's fame, his life as a Demi-god, his fall and ultimately redemption. An absolute must watch for any football fan!

interesting footballer and one of the most known players of the big sport. It focuses on his early stages but has also some solid coverage of his known wild point of life. I feared it was too long with two hours playtime. I was kind of right as I felt it got a bit dead between the one hour mark and 30 minutes further. Cool music, awesome footage and overall a solid production. I miss to see footage of some of the people speaking of him in the film, but I don't really miss much. Great guy - you feel with him as you get educated about his career. 7 of 10 short shorts.

Excellent! A must see.

Quite good. As a football fan, I expected more footage from him on the pitch. But this documentary was about more than that.