United Passions - kitsch classic?

4 June 2015

Has everyone heard about the vanity project FIFA movie which, with perfect situational irony, is being released right now? Tim Roth as an idealised Blatter. Apparently it's terrible as well as laughably false. I really want to see it. Surely going to be one of the greatest so-bad-it's-good films of all time.

Nice damning review here:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu

comment by The Aussie one (U20351)

posted on 5/6/15

It's almost like they've been thumbing their nose at us with how ridiculous this whole thing has been.

comment by CurrentlyInChina (U11181)

posted on 5/6/15

Illegal download. In not paying for it.

comment by MBL. (U6305)

posted on 5/6/15

Just a way to launder some bribe money methinks

comment by Red Russian (U4715)

posted on 5/6/15

comment by CurrentlyInChina84 (U11181)
posted 4 hours, 46 minutes ago
Illegal download. In not paying for it.
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That's hardly the spirit. Apparently all proceeds will go to the millions of people to whom the sport belongs. If you don't pay for it, you won't be helping FIFA bring people together. That's what they are all about.

comment by manutd1982 (U6633)

posted on 5/6/15

I thought this movie came out last year?

comment by Red Russian (U4715)

posted on 5/6/15

1982 I believe it was released in certain territories last year but the US release is now, hence the reviews coming in.

comment by The Aussie one (U20351)

posted on 5/6/15

It got rave reviews in Switzerland last year. Won the Golden B'ribe

comment by Red Russian (U4715)

posted on 5/6/15

Ha!