When Saturday Comes

1996 "To Jimmy Life Was Just A Game...Until The Game Became His Life!"
6| 1h35m| en
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Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his ultimate goal?

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Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
richarda-rourke If you love football a must see. Sean Bean plays his role perfectly i loved this film from beginning to end. The story may be a little predictable however it captures the feel and grit of the City of Sheffield. The film follows "Jimmy" from being an arrogant hard drinking brewery worker through the trials that are set to shape his future one way or another. I think it is an honest portrayal of a working class "Hero".I would recommend it to everyone you don't have to be a Sheffield United fan to love this film (it may help though). Emily Lloyd plays her character to perfection as well.Pete Postlethwaite brings his gravitas to the film. Also look out for the Sheffield United Legend Tony Currie who makes a cameo along with some other local footballing heroes most notably Mel Sterland ex- Sheffield Wednesday player.
cortoonwen Well I saw this movie yesterday for the first time and I didn't expect a masterpiece. I wanted to be entertained, nothing more. After sixty minutes I stopped it, because I couldn't stand that bad story. The characters are clichés: The violent and gambling father, the vicious chief in the brewery and poor Jimmy who fights against that circumstances and his own failures. At one point he loses everything: The Woman he loves, his brother and the chance to get part of Sheffield United. But then he turns for 180 degrees, fights hard for his second chance and in the most important game he got in after 45 min beats Manchester United nearly alone. I spend all my admiration for Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd and Pete Postlethwaite. They fight with their acting against this poor script, but they lose against it. It's a pity, because this could have been a really good movie, but therefor you need a more inspiring directing and a better script. You can see in "Billy Elliot" how you can tell a good story with this topic. So "When Saturday Comes" is just a mediocre try to make a good movie.
lawrence-14 WHEN SATURDAY COMES is a little, British football flick but brilliant. Quite similar to FEVER PITCH but ten times more better. It provides booze, sex and excitement on the pitch. You can't get fed up this the first time you watch it. Brilliant and FULL MONTY style, this film was so exciting and Sean Bean gives a good performance. It was so good that my popcorn finished a quarter of the way through it, that's how excited i was even though i had a mega-deluxe bag. Blood rushed was rushing all over to different parts of my body. All that i could think of was football, sex, booze, football, sex, booze. WSC. What pardon?. WSC. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. It is more exciting than watching boring, boring Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Brazil. Ah, what's wrong?....your hot dog finished?, tomato ketchup spilt down your jumper. WSC is brilliant.
Robert Clarke Likable soap opera in which ordinary Joe, Jimmy Muir (Sean Bean) gets to fulfill his childhood dream and turn out for his beloved Sheffield United. Cast is good, Football re-enactions are over dramatisted but effective and story is good fun. It is easy to see why very few movies about Football are produced but this one is good entertainment all the way, just don't take it too seriously.