I remember reading there was one cinema where they worked out only one person had bought a ticket to see the movie :lol:

Whoever contributed to that $600 should be publicly named and shamed

Now if HBO made a mob series about the true dealings at FIFA akin to The Sopranos, now THAT would be quality viewing.

what I thought straight away, sam neill is about as far from a match for havelange as you could get

maybe de niro or pacino all godfathered up would be better casting

Sam Neill, Tim Roth and Gérard Depardieu would make a pretty awesome film imo.

Just not this one :lol:

Just shows FIFA is so incredibly out of touch that they actually thought this was a good idea.

Its very difficult to grasp the logic behind it.

This was announced like a year ago. Didn't realise it was released this past week :lol:

You'd think they would have pulled it after all this shit that's gone down.

Looking forward to the sequel though. The FBI Strikes Back

Sam Neill and Tim Roth for shame :oops:

Gérard Depardieu..... well thats to be expected I suppose.

Torrented it and skimmed through it the other day. I'm still recovering from Sam Neill has Joao Havelange :lol:

Apparently it made like $600 at the US box office on its release this weekend.

He's not gone yet, sadly.

Goes to show how much of a knob he was.

-PB

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1973655

Torrented it ages ago, and actually got motivated to watch it the other day after the election. Perhaps the worst film of all time.

The hubris of it all.

FIFA's 'United Passions' Propaganda Movie Is Getting The Most Hilariously Scathing Reviews
By Nick Levine
Posted on 08 Jun 15

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FIFA's 'United Passions' Propaganda Movie Is Getting The Most Hilariously Scathing Reviews

United Passions, the film about the origins of FIFA that was 90% funded by FIFA, opened in the US on Friday, scraping a total of $607 (£394) in ticket sales over its opening weekend. One cinema, the FilmBar in Phoenix, Arizona, has reported that it sold just one single ticket to watch the film all weekend. Following the massive corruption scandal currently threatening to tear the football body apart, and top-sleaze Sepp Blatter's resignation just three days before the film hit American screens, United Passions might have hoped to benefit from the old adage that "all publicity is good publicity", but reviews have been so hilariously damning that its trio of big name stars - Tim Roth, Sam Neill and Gerard Depardieu - are presumably now under self-imposed house arrest. Which is kind of ironic, really, because the only reason they could possibly have signed up for this unmitigated cinematic disaster is to buy themselves a swanky new holiday home each. Here's an entertaining selection of the most scathing reviews from both sides of the Atlantic.

The Independent: "[A] laughable, 110-minute hagiography, which has high production values, low motives and excellent comic timing – if only in its release date."

The New York Times: "United Passions is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that’s no good even for laughs."

The Guardian: "Even without the current headlines, United Passions is a disgrace. It’s less a movie than preposterous self-hagiography, more appropriate for Scientology or the Rev Sun Myung Moon. As cinema it is excrement. As proof of corporate insanity it is a valuable case study."




The Hollywood Reporter: "[A] turgid, poorly executed propaganda piece that has all the excitement of a PowerPoint presentation."

LA Times: "Bankrolled by FIFA for an estimated $29 million, the bloated, talky epic starring Gerard Depardieu, Sam Neill and Tim Roth comes across as a squirm-inducing heap of propaganda at its most self-congratulatory."

The Mirror: "This film is exactly what you think it is, but so much worse. I made five pages of comical and sarcastic notes through one viewing, and despite what I've told you this review doesn’t spoil the film, it simply has to be seen to be believed. I’ve barely scratched the surface but I can passionately urge you to watch it - the most unintentional comedy of all-time."

United Passions currently has no UK release date. Funny that.

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