The Damned United

  • 2009


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Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.2
The problem with a character like thatin real life and in a movie like The Damned Unitedis it makes everyone else shrink into irrelevance. Av Club
3.5
Thats hardly a new viewpoint to anyone who pays attention to UK football. Austin Chronicle
2.5
The biggest failure is the films portrayal of the Leeds team: the oddly coiffured lads are never more than a unit and the calamity of Cloughs time in .. Time Out
4.4
Is this the first sports movie where the hero comes from ahead and loses Rogerebert
3.0
The Damned United zips along, is often funny and will give football fans of a certain age an enjoyable memory rush. Telegraph
2.5
Is it a cautionary tale of obsession and revenge.Is it a portrait of the artist as a young manager The Globe And Mail
5.0
The genius of it is you dont realize that until the thing is over and done. Philly
3.8
The Spy Who Dumped Me is an action comedy withwell, it has action. Philly
4.5
These actors are good at what they dolike those soccer players that dodge and weave with effortless grace. Village Voice
3.8
Ill leave it up to the real life Clough fans to decide whether or not The Damned United is an accurate or a worthy portrayal, but its a heck of a good .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
The arrogance of power holds a special fascination for Peter Morgan, whose screenplays for The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, and Frost/Nixon rank .. Chicago Reader
4.0
The movies a little sketchy on the players, but this is obviously not their story anyway. News Review
4.0
As he begins his new job without Peter there to help deal with players such as Johnny Giles (PETER McDONALD) and team captain Billy Bremner (STEPHEN G .. Screen It
3.0
Its an abrasively funny line, though the way the story is shaped its impossible to judge its truth. Independent
4.5
But in the end, what emerges is a lovely examination of an extraordinary partnership. Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Most importantly, the film is also careful to cater to both football fans and the uninitiated alike rest assured that no prior knowledge of football i .. View London
3.8
But Sheen is startlingly good here, and so is Timothy Spall as Cloughs trusted and much abused lieutenant. Cs Monitor
2.5
Lines like Why didnt you keep your mouth shut and You and your mad ambition like a fire dont give viewers much of an opportunity to draw their own con .. Film Journal
3.8
This is one of the few of Morgans scripts not to proceed chronologically, and you miss the momentum of people negotiating deadlines and trying to aver .. Boston
3.0
But its a small scale chamber work that lacks the ambition, force and visual memorability of such comparable sporting movies as Chariots of Fire, Ragi .. Guardian
4.0
The tone is much sweeter and more conventionally funny and sympathetic. Guardian
4.0
I only wish we could have seen more evidence of Cloughs off the cuff wit. Daily Mail
3.8
For the rest just guessing, the majority of Americans whats lost in translation is recovered easily enough in Michael Sheens astonishing performance a .. Ew
3.0
Like The Queen, it is a film that resists easy definition, never fully a comedy, a drama, or a biopic. Empire
3.5
Problem is: on this side of the Atlantic, its hard to sell a biopic when movie goers have little awareness of either the subject or British soccer his .. Susang Ranger
4.5
One of the finer films of the early fall season, The Damned United, a small British import, chronicles nearly a decade in the sport of soccer the name .. Flim Threet
5.0
This is a sports movie with very little sports, a biopic with a flawed hero and a triumph of human spirit where the setbacks greatly outnumber the vic .. Sf Gate
3.1
Its a parallel tracks structure that smoothly reveals cause effect relationships even as it sometimes feels designed to gussy up the narratives straig .. Slant Magazine
4.0
The Damned United is really a tale of male camaraderie, sporting rivalry and the flawed nature of a man who many consider the greatest manager that En .. Express
4.2
Many think Sheen has been unfairly overlooked by the Academy for past performances, but his Brian Clough is a career best. Reeling Reviews
4.5
This is a movie about love: how the lack of it between coaches and players can be disastrous, and how a love for the game can overwhelm common sense i .. Flickfilosopher
4.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La .. Calendar Live
3.5
Clough attempts to make them decent, play by the rules adversaries, but that is not their style and they start losing games. The Atlantic
4.5
What it really is, is a story about one man, Clough, and the vendetta he created for himself in his own head with Don Revie.This is a very entertainin .. Tony Medley
4.8
Even non soccer fans will find themselves swept up in the drama of one mans bold attempt to reinvent an entire sport against a tidal wave of oppositio .. Coles Mithey
4.0
Sheens performance is controlled fury, barely touching ground as he presents Clough as being the very picture of a delusional fool. The Star
3.0
But the jumps in time confuse, and despite wonderful performances, we are not emotionally connected. Urban Cine File
3.0
Theyre less than happy that this up himself upstart has replaced the much loved Don Revie (Colm Meaney), but Cloughs got the administrators on side as .. The Age
4.0
The film does a fine job in recreating England of the 60s and 70s big cars and rubbish clothes but is less convincing when actors are called upon to p .. Mirror
4.0
Clough may have trampled on a few peoples feelings, but nobody got killed. That said, theres enough drama in this 90 minutes to rival England vs. Arge .. Digital Spy
3.1
Though the characters strutting self destruction and Sheens delightfully un ingratiating performance make the film watchable, particularly for Angloph .. New York Post
4.4
This is nothing like a conventional sports bio pic; its a character study of a difficult personality, a charming, enigmatic victim of self sabotage. Ar Kansas Online
4.5
Colm Meaney captures the dismissive quality of Revies relationship with Clough; Clough is like a stalker for whom Revie feels only curiosity and disda .. Hollywood And Fine
3.8
Because United prefers human and industry conflict over playing field disputes, it makes the film an accessible and spellbinding showcase for tightly .. Brian Or Ndorf
5.0
Its not for nothing that a Frank Sinatra painting adorns Cloughs wall. The Filmy Ap
4.3
The heart and soul of An Education though, is Carey Mulligans raw and captivating performance that radiates with tenderness and charisma. Nyc Movie Guru
3.8
This is a deeply romantic film on every level that is hard not to be moved by, although its certainly not going to be for everyone. ComingSoon
3.5
The movie is fun, but fun is the problemtheres nothing tormented about Cloughs trajectory, as there should be. Film Comment
3.0
Its certainly not the best bio pic ever made, and might not be the best football movie ever made but its in the top one. Sky
4.5
Though on field action is minimal and mostly archival, it is smoothly edited and, when needed, historically accurate in its recreation. Sbs
4.0
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4.0
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3.0
Enjoyable, confidently executed and well played, though there may be more than a touch of the Tony Blairs about Sheens Clough. Metro
4.0
It is one of the best performances of the year and I hope it doesnt go as unrecognised as his previous works. Streaming Quickflix
3.5
Five of the six are a hoot.The one thats lame is the idea of Exxon execs touting an endlessly renewable energy source made from human corpses. Ny Mag
4.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh .. New York Time Out
2.0
This is as good as Sheen has been, frankly.His Clough is a man who seems comprised of equal levels of class anxiety and determination. Movie Martyr
4.4
Its another tale of the dramas large and small, consequential slights and unrelenting backstabbing that go on behind the throne; and it has a marked v .. Critics Notebook
3.5
Much of the pleasure to be had in The Damned United is watching Sheen channel Cloughs extraordinary charm, confidence and arrogance. Cinema Autopsy
4.2
But its a fascinating story about ambition and vanity and pride, and in Sheens performance and the atmosphere captured by Hooper it contains truly fin .. Blog Oregonlive
4.0
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