Not part of a collection.
Believe
A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.
- Original title
- Believe
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $284,000
John Chard
May 15, 2015 · via TMDB
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for. Believe is a British football movie that finds the legendary Sir Matt Busby (Brian Cox) coaching a kids 7 a side football team. Matt Busby was the manager of Manchester United Football Club, who lost their team of starlets (known as The Busby Babes) to the Munich air crash of 1958. Busby would then go on to rebuild the team and make them into a world force, one that still exists today. Here he is in long retirement exile, but still moulding young football minds. It's based on true events. We have a heavy dose of sentimentality on offer here, not just with the flashbacks to the tragic loss of The Busby Babes, but also to the working class kids of terrace housed Manchester. Of single parents trying to make ends meet, of kids with absent fathers erring on the wrong side of the law, education a dangled carrot just out of reach. However, the sentimentality is not cloying, it's well handled and performed, but the pic never gets to uplift status. It has some good laughs in the mix, usually when Toby Stephens' pompous school tutor is on screen, while the ultimate conclusion - even though it's what we expect - warms the cockles, but it never branches out to be more than just a family film for kiddies who like football, or for Manchester folk eager for anything involving Sir Matt Busby. It makes for a decent "B" movie support to There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, though not nearly as good as that film. Cox, Stephens and the tender Busby Babes sequences (very Field of Dreams) make it worth a watch, but it should have been smarter and better. 6/10
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Prime Video
fuboTV
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Amazon Video
Natascha McElhone
Erica Gallagher
Brian Cox
Matt Busby
Toby Stephens
Dr. Farquar
Kate Ashfield
Helen
Anne Reid
Jean Busby
Philip Jackson
Bob
Richard Strange
Father Brian
Danny Scheinmann
Billy
David Annen
Journalist
Ben Timlett
Second Unit Director
Ben Timlett
Producer
Christian Henson
Original Music Composer
Toy Machine - Jump Off A Building
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
Honor Thy Father
Raging Bull
Annie Hall
The Hustler
Cinderella Man
Birth of a Man
Ice Castles
Champion
Radio
Chak De! India
Field of Dreams
Miracle
Creed II
Captain Majid
United
Friday Night Lights
Eight Men Out
Ascenso
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase
Children of Glory
Pistol: The Birth of a Legend
The Longshots
The Big Game
Days of Thunder
Next Goal Wins
Ice Princess
Bend It Like Beckham
Resurrecting the Champ
Street Dreams
American Flyers
Papeles en el viento
United
Tyson
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
One on One
Ping Pong Playa
Héroes de barrio
Catacombe
La dernière échappée
Lucky You
Out of Bounds
Berlin '36
Na startu je delfín
Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor
Tee Shot: Ariya Jutanugarn
The Brawler
Running Brave
Jada
I Love Hooligans
Once Upon A Time - Reach for the Stars
The Locker Room
Inglory
The Last Shot
Marshal And Soidier
Ball
Ethir Veechu
Untitled F1 Sequel
Pink the Rink
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Tyson's Run
Gigi & Nate
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
The Visit
Flicka
Goal!
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars
A Call to Spy
Home
The Pumpkin Eater
Adopt a Highway
Journeyman
Hungry Hearts
Sunshine State
Resurrecting the Champ
TalhotBlond
The Beautiful Game
The River
Home Run
American Flyers
Blue Chips
Five Minutes of Heaven
Fast Girls
Dirt
Won't Back Down
Goal II: Living the Dream
Winged Creatures
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
The Game of Their Lives
Come Sunday
Sep 28, 2013
