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The Damned United
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #984
- IMDb #1144
- Rotten Tomatoes #730
- Metacritic #504
- Letterboxd #1431
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #773
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1114
- Metacritic Critics #640
- Metacritic Audience #551
- Criticker #456
- Kinopoisk #1130
- AlloCiné #1676
- Trakt #1407
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the most agreed on films →The story focuses on a brilliant and controversial English football manager's turbulent 44-day tenure in 1974. It chronicles his abrasive and arrogant attempts to transform a top-tier club, juxtaposed with flashbacks to his previous, highly successful period managing a rival team with his trusted assistant manager.
Details
- Director
- Tom Hooper
- Writer
- Peter Morgan
- Based on
- The Damned Utd by David Peace
- Studio
- BBC Film, Screen Yorkshire, Left Bank Pictures
- Released
- 27 March 2009
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.4M
- Box office
- $4.2M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| ALFS Award 2009 | British Supporting Actor of the Year | Timothy Spall | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Award 2009 | Best Supporting Actor | Jim Broadbent | Nominee |
| Satellite Award 2009 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Michael Sheen | Nominee |
| Satellite Award 2009 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Timothy Spall | Nominee |
| Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award 2009 | Best Feature Film Screenplay | Peter Morgan | Nominee |
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5 awards — The Damned United
×| Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Michael Sheen | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Timothy Spall | Nominee |
| British Supporting Actor of the Year | Timothy Spall | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jim Broadbent | Nominee |
| Best Feature Film Screenplay | Peter Morgan | Nominee |