Messi
Messi
| 06 September 2014 (USA)
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His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.

Reviews
Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
tomermor this was just terrible! if you're not getting headache well done! man.. no wonder this film as only one nomination to some who knows prize.. the choose to interview so many people in a weird restorant was one of the worst i've seen. i'll never watch this director again! man this is one sick documentary!
ajitreddevilz The movie was nice.. was nice to watch the story of a legend. How a little kid with Growth hormone deficiency became a legend in football."He's a problem solver, a game changer, the greatest player to have played the game.Once they said they can only stop him with a pistol. Today you need a machine gun to stop Messi. the movie is about his whole life.how he started his football career, what troubles he faced and how he succeeded.Watch the movie and enjoy.
Scarlecchinos As a big Messi fan (who actually support Sevilla), I was not so excited about this movie. I read his biography (both Caioli and Balague's books), I watch his every matches. So I thought to myself "there won't be anything new" but I watched the movie last night and I was touched by it. It as really amazing seeing his friends, former teammates and coaches and everyone else. It's always nice to watch or listen the story of a legend. How a little kid with ghd became a legend? We all know Messi the Footballer but seeing people who know about him since his childhood made me learn few things about Leo the Person. And it was amazing. We, fans, always want to learn more about people we admire, our idols. We want to know more about their lives. And Álex de la Iglesia (with Jorge Valdano) did a great job here.Messi, with his intelligence, his speed, his skills and his personality, is simply the greatest player ever. Well done!
sklatham69 Beautifully done with the conversational format and the background information.I would like to state that some other reviewer mentioned to not call association football "soccer". Well, the British coined the name soccer in short for "association football". This was done to differentiate between rugby football, or "rugger", and association football, or "soccer".Since the British invented the game, I don't think they'll take offense to your ignorance of the beautiful game's history.American football, rugby football and association football can all be called football. I'd defer to the inventors of the game when calling association football soccer, instead of calling Americans names based on deeper prejudices.Soccer is a beautiful game, by the way, and Messi is the greatest to every play.