Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)

  • 39% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (23,572 ratings)

The Jaume Collet-Serra-directed comedy drama Goal! 2: Living the Dream finds star European soccer player Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker) bumped by his agent (Stephen Dillane) from England's Newcastle United team to Real Madrid's Galácticos, where he is thrilled to play alongside field legends David… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
Jaume Collet-Serra
Written By
Mike Jeffries, Adrian Butchart, Terry Loane
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Feb 9, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Nov 4, 2008
Freestyle Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

    Despite the predictable, cliché-riddled script, the soap-opera hokum that passes for drama, Goal II somehow works.

  • Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail

    Goal II clumsily telegraphs all of its moves far in advance.

  • Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

    If your kids play soccer, they may appreciate this tall tale of Santi's rise from obscurity to shin-padded glory, but once you pop in the DVD, chances are you won't want to stick around.

  • Jim Slotek, Jam! Movies

    Bullet time, pixellation, flashy graphics, slow-motion-sweat, all wrapped around a rather flimsy story about the kid from the barrio dealing with paparazzi, millions of fans and a salary in the millions of Euros.

  • Brian Orndorf, eFilmCritic.com

    The idea of turning a 10-minute idea into a trilogy of movies seemed imposing at first, but Goal II continues the franchise's recipe of personality over originality.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dean !


    A decent follow up to the first film, with the young Mexican snapped up by Real Madrid in the January transfer window to help their champions league campaign. Again this has plenty of guest stars playing themselves and the football games and scenes are very well done. Plot wise the… More

  • Manu G


    It was really good, didn't quite surpass the original but it was close to it. Love the play scenes!!! Awesome movie! After gaining experience with the football club Newcastle United, Santiago Munez (Becker) gets a huge break when he's transferred to Real Madrid.

  • Lorenzo v


    <i>Announcer: Cometh the moment, cometh the man. </i> As far as movies go, this is an entirely predictable movie but its pretty decent. If you want a nice Sunday film where you don't have to think, its ideal. The football bits are quite good, the cameos are great and… More

  • Sanjaya &


    Well... actually I was hoping for a better sequel... But I didn't see it... The story just too standard... They couldn't make a better story than this... But the soundtrack was great... I love every song in this movie... Even the acting of the cast was bad but it was a… More

  • Jonny C


    A much better story than the original, but still lacked any real belief. Maybe if he had went to decent side like Utd it would've been better.

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