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Name: Next Goal Wins
Released: 2023-9-22
Cast: Rhys Darby, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Elisabeth Moss

Next Goal Wins

PG-13
2023

42%

Tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001. With the 2014 World Cup approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach to help turn their fate around.

Director:

Taika Waititi

Producer:

Taika Waititi, Garrett Basch, Mike Brett, Jonathan Cavendish, Steve Jamison

Writer:

Taika Waititi

Cast:

Rhys Darby, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Elisabeth Moss

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

42%

Critics Consensus: Next Goal Wins finds director/co-writer Taika Waititi with his heart in the right place, even if his crowd-pleasing aim has noticeably strayed from its target.

Reviews

Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation

Austin Burke

Next Goal Wins is rushed in almost every way ... While sweet at times, it doesn't have that laugh-out-loud moment that Taika often brings to the table.

Based on the American Samoa soccer team’s comeback from a devastating loss (31-0) to Australia, it shows what a new coach did to rally the dejected. In other words, it’s a southern hemisphere “Ted Lasso.”

December 1, 2023

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Planet S Magazine

Jorge Ignacio Castillo

While Next Goal Wins follows the traditional structure of the sports movie (it all leads to the Big Game), it undermines the genre from within. It’s even narratively adventurous: fourth walls get broken and critical junctures are dealt with offhandedly.

This is the straightest, almost least Taikery of the Taika films, but it still marches to the beat of his drum.

December 1, 2023

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FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Claudia Puig

For the most part it's a very jovial and upbeat film.

November 29, 2023

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