There's an engaging daftness about Simon Sprackling's adaptation of Chris England's 2003 rugby World Cup final yarn
Maybe you need to be a rugby fan to enjoy this film fully, but there's a cheerful, good-natured daftness here that anyone can understand. It is directed by Simon Sprackling and scripted by Chris England – a variation on a theme England established in 1991 with the stage play he co-wrote with Arthur Smith, An Evening With Gary Lineker. But that Italia 90-themed football drama had an obvious pall of sadness. This is something different. A ragtag bunch of fans show up at their local rugby club at breakfast-time on 22 November 2003 to watch the nailbiting World Cup final between England and Australia on the clubhouse TV. Among those present is Jake (George MacKay), a talented young amateur player who is convinced he has a supernatural power to help Jonny Wilkinson's kicking. Whenever Wilkinson...
Maybe you need to be a rugby fan to enjoy this film fully, but there's a cheerful, good-natured daftness here that anyone can understand. It is directed by Simon Sprackling and scripted by Chris England – a variation on a theme England established in 1991 with the stage play he co-wrote with Arthur Smith, An Evening With Gary Lineker. But that Italia 90-themed football drama had an obvious pall of sadness. This is something different. A ragtag bunch of fans show up at their local rugby club at breakfast-time on 22 November 2003 to watch the nailbiting World Cup final between England and Australia on the clubhouse TV. Among those present is Jake (George MacKay), a talented young amateur player who is convinced he has a supernatural power to help Jonny Wilkinson's kicking. Whenever Wilkinson...
- 11/22/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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