The Damned United (3.5/5)
Dendy, Circular Quay, Sydney
December 2009
(Director: Tom Hooper, Cast: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall)
Focused on Brian Clough’s 44 day succession of Don Revie as Leeds United manager, with flashbacks to Clough’s early years as a manager, “United” takes no prisoners and tells it not quite as it was, with no excuses for Revie’s brutal football or Clough’s opinionated self-confidence. Tightly scripted and well cast, having grown-up in this period (and though not a football fan) I readily identified with the film, though others may find less in this film.
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