The Damned United Critic Reviews
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The rare sports movie that deals with -- indeed positively relishes -- humiliation and disappointment.Read the full review
There's barely any on-field footage in The Damned United. What we get instead is fine acting and directing, splendid dialogue and a story too outrageous to be made up.Read the full review
It's more than a detailed account of one man's petty vindictiveness in a bygone era. It's about how our hatred can consume us so deeply that we lose sight of everything.Read the full review
It stands out as one of the best films of the genre, on the strength of the storytelling and wonderful performances.Read the full review
Avoids all sports movie cliches, even the obligatory ending where the team comes from behind.Read the full review
What's lost in translation is recovered easily enough in Michael Sheen's astonishing performance as Clough.Read the full review
What vaults the film above the standard sports movie is the stellar performance by Michael Sheen.Read the full review
Hooper, the director, doesn’t include lots of amazing football sequences to upstage his star. He just moves everyone out of Sheen’s way. It’s about time.Read the full review
Director Tom Hooper ("John Adams") ably balances the games (surprisingly little football footage, actually), the personalities and the drama.Read the full review
Telling with a light, surefooted touch a legendary tale from British soccer history, The Damned United reps the latest collaboration in factual fiction between chameleon thesp Michael Sheen, screenwriter Peter Morgan and producer Andy Harries ("Frost/Nixon," "The Queen").Read the full review
