Football (2001)Lots of young British boys want to become great footballers. Does young Midge have what it takes? Watch as he goes from cradle to...? Director:Gaby DellalWriter:Gaby Dellal |
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Football (2001)Lots of young British boys want to become great footballers. Does young Midge have what it takes? Watch as he goes from cradle to...? Director:Gaby DellalWriter:Gaby Dellal |
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Mum
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Ewan Stewart | ... |
Dad
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Sam Williams | ... |
Midge, 12 years
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Eileen Webb | ... |
Nan
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Stace Davis | ... |
Midge, 9 years
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Rudi Tombs | ... |
Midge, 5 years
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Jack Oxtoby | ... |
Midge, 2 years
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Jasmine Davis | ... |
Baby Midge
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Dion Macky | ... |
Diego
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Danny Cequiera | ... |
Teacher
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Arnold Mybo | ... |
Torch Kid #1
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Anthony Wordsworth | ... |
Torch Kid #2
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Shaka Lynch | ... |
Torch Kid #3
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Todd Timney-Fowler | ... |
Torch Kid #4
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Sonny Rooney | ... |
Torch Kid #5
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In what looks like a council flat, a distracted chain-smoking mom, who's at her wit's end what with the noise of her colicky infant, hangs a twirling ball over his crib. The child, a lad named Midge, quiets immediately. As he grows older, his mum seems oblivious to his existence and to his increasingly adept ball-handling skills. By age 12, Midge and the twirling ball are on the football pitch; but what about mum? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I've seen some great, important short films; those by Svankmajer and Bunuel's "Un Chien Andalou" are fantastic radical cinema. This recent effort, which I came across one late night on British television, is a very minor film, which makes, as the previous reviewer says, a very obvious point. That football is effectively the religion of so many, from an early age onwards. Does it need a film, a film with no other real raison d'etre, to state this *truism*?
There's no real comment or anything, or character, just images reflecting a liking for football in various settings. Nothing in this film really sank in, perhaps bar the image of Helena Bonham Carter making herself look a little silly. Again we have the actress in "Fight Club"-alike anti-type mode; increasingly alluring yes, but that's about all one can say about her brief appearance here. What was she doing in this film? I obviously agree with Boo the Moo that it's good to see her doing a British short film, but surely she ought to have appeared in a more interesting one...!
Anyway, this is a pointless short, a waste of (barely) seven minutes, if such a thing is possible.
Rating:- **/*****