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This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Mandeep Tyson
The acting in this movie is really good.
vaibhav sachdev
Well This is my first review ever and of all the movie i choose this one as I have never seen a movie with this much emotional connect for their beloved club. I saw this movie from a fan perspective and ignored the minute details that could be improved.There is Liverpool everywhere in the movie but this was what movie all about, the limit to which football fans can go to support their club and country. And Will the little boy makes his journey against all odds through his sheer will power to fulfill a dream he saw with his father. This movie shows how a game can play a common ground for people with different ethnicity, culture and how a Yugoslavian found a cause to rediscover himself. Starts with different fantasies that we all have as a child, in middle it throws the challenges and struggles and ending is in miraculous mode.I enjoyed every bit of it ....
Prismark10
Will is an odd film of a 11 year old boy called Will (Perry Eggleton), whose father has died and he attempts to make his way to Istanbul to watch Liverpool play AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final.Damien Lewis and Bob Hoskins make cameo appearances although the thought of a 11 year old boy setting out for a journey across Europe alone rather fills one with horror.Of course before long he loses his tickets to crooks in Paris but meets an ex Yugoslavian footballer and together they set out to Istanbul.Liverpool legends Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher also make cameo appearances.Now the 2005 Champions League final will go down in history as one of the all time great finals, yet the film finishes before the match starts so we are deprived of the footage of Liverpool's comeback as they secured their fifth European Cup and getting to keep the actual trophy with their victory in penalties.It is essentially a road movie, slightly sentimental, even a bit surreal, it leads to a feel good climax unless you are an AC Milan fan but it is still a slight film.
Joshreynolds-47
The film has this really feel good get you up story about it. It's well written, factually correct in many ways ( Csevinc has you believe in his review it isn't possible in Europe to cross borders without a passport which in actual fact it is) However, the film is weak, very weak. Starts you off with his life as it is, then BOOM his father returns (out of the blue) and you feel great, then tragedy happens, and you feel for little Will. We then follow him on his journey and I myself couldn't help but think this gives the viewer a nice positive image of the world. Well Europe at least. But overall this film is quite literally only for Liverpool fans, I struggle myself to watch it again due to the over use of Liverpool football club. But if your looking for a tear jerker you found it!
Jonathon Natsis
When what looks to be a film's strongest point abruptly disappears towards the end of the first act, it can only hope to be so enjoyable. This is the case for the quasi-inspirational and very family-friendly Will; the story of an orphan boy (Perry Eggleton) hell bent on honouring his father's (Homeland's Damian Lewis) dying wish by travelling from England to Istanbul in time to watch his beloved Liverpool compete in the 2005 Champions League Final. The story of a determined child thriving in an open and dangerous world is likely to appease the kiddies, but the film contains little additional stimulation, bogged down by contrived storytelling, unnatural dialogue and painstaking predictability.Lewis rises above a lame duck of a script and puts the team on his back with a man-of-the-match performance as Will's father. Disappointingly- and to make his son's journey that much more poignant- he is killed off right out of left field courtesy of a brain haemorrhage. The melodramatic sloppiness of that scene foreshadows what is to come, as the rest of the film plays out as a muddled combination of unrealistic highs and crushingly depressing lows, none of which manage to suspend disbelief long enough to warrant recommendation. A simple film at heart, Will proves ironically challenging for anyone over twelve, football fan or not.*There's nothing I love more than a bit of feedback, good or bad. So drop me a line on jnatsis@iprimus.com.au and let me know what you thought of my review. If you're looking for a writer for your movie website or other publication, I'd also love to hear from you.*
