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Next Goal Wins
2023
· Movie
· 104 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3491
- IMDb #3529
- Google retired #2598
- Metacritic #4305
- Letterboxd #3678
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3984
+4 more
- Metacritic Critics #3929
- Metacritic Audience #4478
- AlloCiné #2477
- Trakt #3293
Every rating
44–85
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 44, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 85. Critics average 45, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A disgraced, volatile soccer coach is given one last chance: to coach the American Samoa national team, known as the worst soccer team in the world. His task is to qualify for the World Cup, a seemingly impossible mission. He must overcome his own cynicism and learn from his team's unwavering optimism.
Details
- Director
- Taika Waititi
- Writers
- Iain Morris, Taika Waititi
- Based on
- Next Goal Wins
- Released
- 16 November 2023
- Country
- New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Samoan, French, Swahili
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $18.1M
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Awards
3 nominations total
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