A too-thin dramedy with good intentions but poor results.
Eleven Men Out (2007)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:4
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5/10
Synopsis: Óttar Thor is a champion soccer star, handsome and arrogant, who after winning a game casually tells a journalist he’s gay. Imagine the surprise to his wife, a former Miss Iceland, his teenage son,... Óttar Thor is a champion soccer star, handsome and arrogant, who after winning a game casually tells a journalist he’s gay. Imagine the surprise to his wife, a former Miss Iceland, his teenage son, already sullen and troubled, and his father, Thor’s macho coach. A breezy and feisty dramatic comedy directed by Róbert I. Douglas, this is a story about a man who, much to the chagrin of his family, exchanges one sort of domesticity for another. After choosing a same-sex partner, he is kicked off the championship team where players are presumably straight. But once a player, always a player, and Óttar is offered a spot on a team in a basement soccer league that gay sportsmen from all over Iceland soon insist on joining. The ensemble cast is pitch perfect, as is the tone in this lively account of the surprising accommodations people are capable of making. -- © Regent Releasing [More]
Starring: Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Helgi Bjornsson, Armundur Ernst, Lilja Nott
Starring: Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson, Helgi Bjornsson, Armundur Ernst, Lilja Nott, Sigurdur Skulason
Director: Robert I. Douglas
Director: Robert I. Douglas
Screenwriter: Jon Atli Jonasson, Robert I. Douglas
Producer: Julius Kemp, Chowee Ingvar Þórðarson
Composer: Barði Johansson
Studio: Regent Releasing
Reviews for Eleven Men Out
If you detect anything fresh or original in terms of character or story development, you're probably not watching this movie.
Douglas addresses rather serious issues with warmth and humour in this engaging football comedy, which doesn't actually show much football action.
While Eleven Men Out is an interesting look at how Icelandic society deals with homosexuality, it doesn't hold together as solid entertainment for U.S. audiences.
[Eleven Men Out] thoughtful and funny characters, something that should give this droll drama appeal beyond a niche gay audience.
Although a very serious subject, it is often approached with comedy. This one is more successful than a lot of television sitcoms have been in conveying the challenge and the rewards of the spiritual practice of openness.
There's at least a half dozen movies fighting for attention here, none of them particularly appealing.
The film might be trying to push boundaries in terms of male nudity, but no amount of penises can save this wannabe comedy that is just not funny.
A non-pandering crowd-pleaser whose character quirks and small stabs at poignancy feel refreshingly earned.
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