Name: Goal II: Living the Dream
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-09-18T07:27:50-07:00
Rating: 39

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Movie Info

The soccer career of Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker) continues as he gets a chance to move from the English club Newcastle to the famous "Galacticos" team, Real Madrid, joining superstars such as Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham. His move is a step forward professionally, but it also entails personal drama as Muñez, engaged to British nurse Roz (Anna Friel), fends off the advances of TV presenter Jordana (Leonor Varela) and discovers the truth about the mother who had abandoned him.

Rating:

PG-13 (Some Sexual Content)
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Jaume Collet-Serra
Producer:

Matt Barrelle, Mark Huffam, Mike Jefferies
Writer:

Adrian Butchart, Mike Jefferies, Terry Loane
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 29, 2016
Runtime:

1h 55m
Production Co:

Milkshake Films

Cast & Crew

Kuno Becker
Santiago

Alessandro Nivola
Gavin

Anna Friel
Roz

Stephen Dillane
Glen

Rutger Hauer
Rudi Van Der Merwe

Frances Barber
Carol Harmison

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Critic Reviews for Goal! 2: Living the Dream

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (11)

Despite the predictable, clich-riddled script, the soap-opera hokum that passes for drama, Goal II somehow works.

August 29, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
Goal II clumsily telegraphs all of its moves far in advance.

August 29, 2008 | Rating: 1.5/4

Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
I won't tell you the result, but I will say that Arsene Wenger would be wise to avoid Goal 2 in case he suffers from terminal apoplexy.

February 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5

Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
A machine might have directed this, but it has a few more welcome touches of comedy than the first one.

February 9, 2007 | Full Review…

Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
One long, product-placing, non-speaking-cameo-packed infomercial.

February 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
Ultimately, this is relegation fodder from start to finish.

February 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jonathan Trout
BBC.com
If your kids play soccer, they may appreciate this tall tale of Santi's rise from obscurity to shin-padded glory, but once you pop in the DVD, chances are you won't want to stick around.

April 3, 2009 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com
Bullet time, pixellation, flashy graphics, slow-motion-sweat, all wrapped around a rather flimsy story about the kid from the barrio dealing with paparazzi, millions of fans and a salary in the millions of Euros.

August 29, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
The idea of turning a 10-minute idea into a trilogy of movies seemed imposing at first, but Goal II continues the franchise's recipe of personality over originality.

October 4, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Brian Orndorf
eFilmCritic.com
One isn't eager to see extra time played and the 'To be continued' line at the end is more ominous than enticing. Once again, film-makers demonstrate that old adage, never give soccer an even break.

February 18, 2007 | Full Review…

Philip French
Observer (UK)
Intriguing to watch and well-played by the engaging cast.

February 10, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
Next stop the World Cup . . . can't wait.

February 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Johnny Vaughan
The Sun (UK)

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Audience Reviews for Goal! 2: Living the Dream

Jan 10, 2012

A much better story than the original, but still lacked any real belief. Maybe if he had went to decent side like Utd it would've been better.

Jonny C Super Reviewer
Nov 12, 2011

It's worse than the first, this is boring and confusing.

Rodrigo R Super Reviewer
Jun 30, 2011

Not as good as the first film but still watchable. it continues the story as Santiago deals with the fame of becomnig a superstar footballer for Real Madrid. Again, it has lots of cliches but that makes it nonetheless more watchable although it does not end exactly as you would expect, well recommended.

Ian W Super Reviewer
Sep 14, 2009

I still got problems with the second movie, again first of all I'm a true Man United fan and I hate Real Madrid, second of all I find this movie pretty boring, instead of trying on focus to the main character they are actually focusing on Beckham, third of all again only some part of this movie showing Santiago plays football...

Cita W Super Reviewer