Montevideo, God Bless You!
Montevideo, God Bless You!
| 19 December 2010 (USA)
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A story about one team that decides to follow a dream that takes them on a journey to the First World Football Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. A dream that allows them to become true stars and living legends.

Reviews
Interesteg What makes it different from others?
Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Dorathen Better Late Then Never
Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
rightwingisevil got lot of flaws in this Serbian movie. All the actors were nicely cast and performed. But I happened to noticed that there were lot of items that should not and could not exist appeared in this movie: Plastic molded tables and chairs outside of the tavern, cigarettes with filters, complicated patterned nylon pantyhose that only modern days could make them. But these young guys who played the early time soccer team were pretty good and they could play raw eggs with their legs, thighs, and feet were just fascinating. The romances between two couples were a bit lame and contrite. There were quite a lot of comedian-like characters in this movie, but thank God, I sat through out the whole movie and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. All the young men and women were quite handsome and pretty, one of the reasons that kept this movie worth watching to the end.
punker_np I've seen a lot of Serbian movies, and this is one of the worst.Bad things: Story is not that bad, like an idea, however the characters are too stereotyped, and so is the relationship between them:a peasant girl who is a display of everything that is supposed to be positive, and another girl who is supposed to be "cool" and modern, two football players who start as rivals but become best friends, another two older characters who are funny to the audience only because they use a lot of profanity, a kid who cannot walk but is "very smart" but in a typically peasant way.After about 5 minutes of movie i knew everything that is about to happen until the end.And another thing, at the end of movie, in last 5 minutes girls change their mind and decide to be with their boys with stereotyped excuses. This movie was made to make money in Serbia, through positive story and profanity humor, and exploiting nationalism.In order to like a movie like this you must have a shallow mind, and that's about it.And one more thing, the football scenes are... U must have in mind that these players were from AMATEUR clubs in 1930., but in movie... I will just say that Messi and Ronaldo could learn a lot from them.Positive things: I liked the production, and this movie showed some progress in this area compared to other Serbian movies.My advice: Do not watch this movie, it is lame. If you like to watch Serbian movies there are a lot of better movies to watch.
margosanci If you never have a vision bigger then yourself, you shouldn't watch this movie, because it may looks too romantic, too limited for you. If the present time and its rate is the maximum of your wishes, then you shouldn't watch it. If you are too concerned about a connotations it could contains, for the sake of your prejudices, please, do not watch this film. This is not a story about one country/people or more, about politics, or any other little things mentioned in this movie. It's about a team, about living a dream of eleven and more of them, in the time when the sport was only a game. Before I watched it I was sad and confused, after the movie I was inspired and ready for tomorrow, what ever that means...
sobot First of all, I am addressing primarily the audience in Serbia. I think that the movie really is meant for them, and that others would not find it too interesting. There are too much "patriotic" elements for my taste, and certainly too much for anybody from ex-Yugoslav countries. For example, the "spontaneous" singing of "Boze pravde" (the current national anthem of Serbia) after the game... I do think that Serbia has much to be proud of, but such a thing in an American movie would immediately be called distasteful.Which leads me to the grade the movie got so far. At the moment I'm writing this, it is 8.8! I mean, this movie is a simple comedy, funny now and then, but in no way original. I am aware that everyone in Serbia "wants to see cheerful and funny movies, not only those hard and cruel things", but we have had our share of such movies in last few years.What in particular do I have against it? (1) The first half is too similar to a great TV series, "Vise od igre". Since everyone in Serbia saw it at least once, you will know what I'm talking about. (2) Have you paid attention to the way girls are represented? They are simply sexual objects. For example, there is only one scene in which Rosa's bosom doesn't show, and that's when she is in a wet dress. I guess that the authors meant to add a lot of romance to the movie to attract female audience, but this is a strange way to do it. (3) The football scenes are nicely shot but, to put it mildly, exaggerated. Hey, that was 1930!There is more, but... well, perhaps I am overreacting. The movie is actually funny. There are many great actors here, and the young ones are a nice surprise. I am also happy to see Gordana Djurdjevic, a respected theater actress from Novi Sad, being given a chance on film.