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A Shot at Glory

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Desperate times call for desperate measures, so losing soccer coach Gordon McCloud (Robert Duvall) accepts the signing of Jackie McQuillan (Ally McCoist), a player with undeniable talent but a reputation as a team-killer. The team needs a player of star quality, or it may have to relocate from their tiny town to a larger market. Furthermore, McQuillan happens to be the coach's son-in-law, and McCloud hasn't exactly enjoyed the most harmonious relationship with his daughter.

Critics Reviews

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Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper 05/06/2002
Pretty good little movie. Go to Full Review
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times 05/03/2002
3.5/5
Not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out, but it has clearly been made with affection and care. Go to Full Review
Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter 05/02/2002
The movie exists for its soccer action and its fine acting. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/10/2005
2/5
Dragan Antulov Draxblog Movie Reviews 06/29/2005
4/10
more like a standard Hollywood product than celebration of Beautiful Game Go to Full Review
Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com 12/22/2003
3/5
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Shaken N @David1314 05/31/2024 Great film and great to see Coisty doing so well in the film. See more Steve D 02/10/2023 Everything was a bit too over the top for me. See more 01/02/2016 Really bad but really great at the same time!! WTF is the fish all about lol See more 03/29/2012 The Scottish Cup in reality has provided fairy tale stories of wee teams that made it to the final - in recent years Gretna comes to mind. Small town club, wealthy benefactor owner, punches away above its weight. Gretna's 2006 Cup final ended in glorious failure as they took Premier Division Hearts to extra time before going down on penalties. So the idea is not as far fetched as it might appear.McCoist is a natural as a first time actor, with the added irony for Scottish viewers that this real life Rangers legend in the film plays a former Celtic star. Noteable for Duvall's valiant yet disastrous efforts at a Scottish accent, the film is also poignant in that it's one of the final screen appearances of that fine actress, the late Morag Hood. She delivers a typically accomplished performance given the limitations of the script.Good too to see assorted veterans from the Scottish football divisions, including Owen Coyle, Andy Smith, Ian McCall, Didier Agthe and Derek McInnes, as well as assorted TV pundits and hacks who again will be well known to a Scottish audience.They do help bring authenticity to the film's strongest feature, its football action.An entertaining enough pictire down to its inevitable finale. See more 11/27/2011 As cheesy as cheesy gets, but a wonderful who's who of Scottish football in the 80s and 90s. I'm not entirely sure where Duvall went to learn his accent right enough! See more 08/18/2011 This is a disgustingly bad movie. How an actor of Robert Duvall's quality agreed to make this steaming pile of turd i will never know. As a fan of scottish football and culture all copies of this should be destroyed for harm to the nation. Avoid this movie it may harm you mentally for the rest of your life if you don't. Score 5% See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Desperate times call for desperate measures, so losing soccer coach Gordon McCloud (Robert Duvall) accepts the signing of Jackie McQuillan (Ally McCoist), a player with undeniable talent but a reputation as a team-killer. The team needs a player of star quality, or it may have to relocate from their tiny town to a larger market. Furthermore, McQuillan happens to be the coach's son-in-law, and McCloud hasn't exactly enjoyed the most harmonious relationship with his daughter.
Director
Michael Corrente
Producer
Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Michael Corrente
Screenwriter
Denis O'Neill
Distributor
Fine Line Features
Production Co
Fine Line Features
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 19, 2002
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround