REVIEW: Goal? Naaaaah!
What's it about:
2007 will perhaps go down in the history of Bollywood as the year which made sports films fashionable. While Chak De! India may have become the prototype, this week sees the release of a football flick, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal.
An underdog Asian club called Southall United is down in the dumps. Unable to win a single match, they have to face a property shark who wants to buy off the club land. Left with no choice but to get into
the big league, the captain (Arshad Warsi) decides to call on a failed player (Boman Irani) to coach them. He in turn sets his eyes on convincing the top Indian striker Sunny (John Abraham) to join their
club.
Sunny wants to play for the whites but doesn't get an opportunity; blame it on racism. Half-heartedly he joins these part time footballers at Southall United and eventually they all start playing for the common goal of winning the Premiere League and saving their club from being sold.
What we liked:
The spirit of suburban London has been captured well in the film. The struggles of the Asian community are quite true to life, and the film shows a side of the Diaspora that, say, a Karan Johar might never
showcase.
A sports film is always refreshing in Bollywood since there aren't too many made. So a film set against football comes as a welcome change from your regular potboilers.
What we didn't like:
Perhaps Lagaan and Chak De India became cult classics because each character was so lovable. You cheered for every team member. All the supporting actors managed to leave a mark and became stars in their own right.
Here, unfortunately, except for the protagonists, the rest of the cast comes across as a bunch of jokers hanging around in the frame. When the director tries to tell us their individual stories, they don't gel with the main plot.
I don't agree to this 1/5 review.
it's just an individual thinking ...If they didn't like the film then they have no right to stop someone else from watchin it ...
the movie is all fighting for the respect of your country...Songs are nice ...Actors are good what else do u need.
i loved it and i will keep watching movie like these in future as well....
Crap movie..Utter bullshit.
even mohun bagan vs east bengal is more engrossing and realistic.
i don't know what sort of contract is john on in the movie.Alternating clubs like buses.
however john worshippers and football wannabes won't have any problem with that and they would love the movie. Coz he is at his dummy best.The perennial confused expression prevails on his face and is sometimes replaced by a "trying to look suave" grin ( while mocking at arshad)
hey reviewer...Can't you just label some movie "disgusting" instead of giving this 1 /5 thing?
utter useless romantic sequences that force everyone into thinking whether its a spoof on some holly flick.
have money to waste? Then grab a ticket and watch it.
else wait for the dvd version and watch it while fast forwarding
"goal" is enjoyable and heart-warming. Ignore the reviews, go see it. John is fab, arshad and bomman are good. Nice mix of sports and human emotions.
Complete waste of time.Even a derby county vs wigan athletic game would have been better.The film has everything but football.
This web site belongs to n18 and the reviewer is biased against utv. The movie is good. These media people are removing people's faith. It does not deserve a 1/5 rating. I bet welcome (distributed by n18) already got a 3 to 5 rating even without the reviewer seeing the movie.
pathetic review. Please fire the reviewer.
I think we can low rating for all utv movies from network 18 and high rating for all network 18 movies :-) it deserves a better rating at 1/5. Give me a break.