Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 81 | Rotten: 8
The plot is utterly ridiculous, and the soccer in the movie is unlike any ever played anywhere on Earth, but watching Shaolin Soccer, you will probably find it impossible to care.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 0
The plot is utterly ridiculous, and the soccer in the movie is unlike any ever played anywhere on Earth, but watching Shaolin Soccer, you will probably find it impossible to care.
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One of Hong Kong's top screen comics, Stephen Chow, co-wrote, co-directed, and headlines this three-way blend of sports, action, and humor. Sing (Stephen Chow) is a modern-day Shaolin monk who has become a master of traditional fighting skills, and is renowned for his "leg of steel." However, these days there isn't much call for a Shaolin warrior, and Sing and his fellow monks earn their keep working menial jobs until a soccer coach gets the bright idea of translating Sing's talent for kicking
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Cast
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Stephen Chow
Sing -
Wei Zhao
Mui -
Man Tat Ng
Fung -
Patrick Tse
Hung -
Wong Yat-fei
First Big Brother (Iron... -
Kai Man Tin
Third Big Brother (Iron... -
Vincent Kok
Shanxi Robert De Niro -
Hui Li
Beautiful Girl -
Lam Tze Chung
Sixth Small Brother (We... -
Chan Kwok Kwan
Fourth Big Brother (Emp... -
Mo Mei Lin
Second Big Brother (Hoo... -
Lu Wei
Reporter -
Karen Mok
Slender Dragon Team Pla... -
Cecilia Cheung
Slender Dragon Team Pla... -
Zhang Mingming
Little Hung -
Cao Hua
Goalkeeper of Devil Tea... -
Min Hun Fung
Gangster Team Leader -
He Wen Hui
Passenger -
Hu Shao Qi
Devil Team Player -
Lam Tsz Sin
Gangster -
Lee Kin Yan
Boss in Beauty -
Li Bin Hong
Devil Team Player -
Lo Hoi Ying
Gangster -
Ma Jun Long
Gangster -
Pu Ye Dong
Little Fung -
Shi Heng Jiang
Devil Team Player -
Shi Zi Yun
Devil Team Player -
Sun Chang Meng
Hung's Assistant -
Sun Chi Wing
Manager -
Tse Chi Wah
General Manager of Kara... -
Tsui Na
Boss in Steaming Bread ... -
Wong Kai Yue
Big Brother -
Wong So Ming Kim
Gangster -
Wong Yan Kit
Referee -
Xian Jian Rong
Gangster -
Yao Xu
Gangster -
Au Yeung Yiu Lun
Butcher -
Yuan Xiao Long
Gangster -
Zhao Yong
Devil Team Player -
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All Critics (90) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (84) | Rotten (9) | DVD (24)
A spirited crowd-pleaser.
You could call it a guilty pleasure, but that would suggest you feel bad about enjoying yourself.
Top CriticMay be the funniest out-and-out comedy of the summer.
As goofy action comedies go, Shaolin Soccer is one of the best.
Shaolin Soccer is one of those unlikely combinations, like Vanilla Coke or Christian rock, that fits so well, you're left wondering why no one thought of it before.
Catnip to those familiar with the conventions of Hong Kong martial arts movies.
Untraditional underdog sports team story.
Kung Fu and sports movies collide in writer/director/actor Stephen Chow's devilishly entertaining Honk Kong action movie.
Provided Chow survives being 'Miramaxed', you're looking at the next big Asian star to rise in the West.
It so deliriously riffs on everything from The Bad News Bears and Jurassic Park to super heroes and break dancing that it's hard not to get caught up in the goofy fun.
Awesome and fun...
A movie as empty-headed as your average Premier League player, but that doesn't matter when the footie scenes are so fun and deliriously OTT.
...as logical and giddy as a second grade classroom.
A hard chestnut to swallow.
None of this is meant to be taken seriously or even thought about. So just turn off your brain and enjoy the silliness.
A fall-out-of-the-chair, funny movie!
A blitzkrieg of hilarious kung fu craziness.
No doubt there are sports pedants who will find themselves echoing the sentiments of one exasperated opponent as he exclaims "Please don't play like this! I really want to play soccer!" -- but everyone else will be too busy grinning...to care very much.
Not the classic it claims to be.
Audience Reviews for Shaolin Soccer
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Good solid fun! I enjoyed it alot and I would watch again because its clean fun no dirty jokes or with double meaning.
Sing is a skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee whose amazing "leg of steel" catches the eye of a soccer coach. Together they assemble a squad of Sing's former Shaolin brothers inspired by the big-money prize in a national soccer competition. Using an unlikely mix of martial arts and newfound soccer skills, it seems an unbeatable combination until they must face the dreaded Team Evil in the ultimate battle for the title.
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Foreign Titles
- Shaolin Kickers (DE)
- Shaolin Soccer (Siu lam juk kau) (CA)
