Mary McGuckian directs this bleak biopic about famed Manchester United soccer star George Best, who dumped his career down the drain with booze, brawling, and drugs. The film charts Best's (John Lynch) rise from Belfast, to fame, to dissipation. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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George Best was a footballing genius but this film is just a complete sack of shit and should be sent off to the football film scrap heap.
October 1, 2009
I was expecting a nostalgic trip down through the history of the legend that is George Best. But instead of a celebration of his life, the film overly concerned itself with the ins and outs of what he actually got up to during his drinking binges and dark times. What would have been a lot more interesting would have
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