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The climactic game provides an opportunity for some of the most sustained - and literal - gay bashing in movie history, even if the outcome is no more surprising than that of any other underdog comedy.
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What are critics saying?
40
A by-the-numbers ensemble dramedy that hits every underdog and gay-fish-out-of-water cliche on the nose.
50
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
There are moments of genuine emotion between the wacky tryouts and the nail-biter finale, and it seems churlish to complain. But there's little room for laziness around superior players like "Shaolin Soccer" and "Bend It Like Beckham."
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Golhardt's screenplay has enough quirkily charming moments to compensate for its plethora of stereotypical characters and cliched situations, and director Sherry Hormann provides a light enough touch to make the proceedings palatable, if not quite enjoyable.
70
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A wry, robust comedy of broad, sometimes crass humor set in the ultra-macho world of a small-town German soccer team.
75
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
If there's a gay cliche who doesn't flounce through this feel-good German comedy, he must have been out of town when the casting call went out, but its fundamental good nature is tough to resist.