Next Goal Wins

“A story with all the proper beats lives here, even if the film rambles and tampers off into ridiculousness when it has no reason to. But even with its flaws and redundant humor fatigue, _Next Goal…”

“If you've seen "12 Mighty Orphans" (2021) or "The Shiny Shrimps" (2019) then you'll know what to expect as Taika Waititi takes the same template and applies it to football. Here it's the adequate…”

“The last chunk of the film saves it somewhat, prior to that <em>'Next Goal Wins'</em> is quite poor. I like Taika Waititi and usually dig his humour a lot, but here his comedy put into the flick just…”