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Diego Maradona

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Diego Maradona traces the arc of a standard sports documentary, but illuminates its subject with uncommon clarity and depth.

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Geordie Gray The Australian In this film, the athlete is a man of wild contradictions: there is Diego, the devoted son, hardworking and insecure; and Maradona, the character he invented to survive, arrogan, bullish, and on a downwards spiral. Dec 3, 2022 Full Review John Doyle Globe and Mail It's all here: the great games, goals and great scandals. It teems with life and is unlike most biopics about a sports legend. That is, it actually delivers a pungent sense of the atmosphere surrounding him. Dec 16, 2020 Full Review Ryu Spaeth The New Republic The tragedy of Maradona is that he was too simple to learn how to play anything other than soccer-and the sins for which he was punished, it turns out, were not really his, but ours. Oct 11, 2019 Full Review Connor Lightbody Live & Breathe Media (Substack) We see the rise, fall, the seediness and the heart of Maradona, captured meticulously as a tortured love story between a man, a ball and his own mortality Rated: 4/5 Jul 19, 2024 Full Review Brian Susbielles InSession Film Kapadia captures in a timeframe the genius, the greatness, and the religious furor Maradona was, and still is decades later. Feb 14, 2023 Full Review Greg Wetherall NME (New Musical Express) An absorbing portrayal of football's flawed genius. Rated: 4/5 Jun 14, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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STUART L As a pure football fan of 60 years, he was a genius. As our opponents for Argentina versus England in the 1986, World Cup quarter-final, he was a cheat. But he still remains the greatest footballer of all time and single handily win the World Cup for Argentina that year. The documentary is a must watch and you can't help, but become very fond of Maradona. The person & be in awe of Maradona, the footballer. Five stars! Absolutely loved it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/30/23 Full Review Gareth v Brilliant doco on the playing career and personal life of the legend Diego Maradona during his time at Napoli. Great footage, a compelling story, along with clever direction and storytelling makes this one of the best sports docos in recent years. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/23/23 Full Review toby h Diego Maradona is a masterful look at one of the greatest the game has ever seen. It goes beyond football, capturing his love affair with Naples and his fall from grace. One of the best docs you'll see. Godlike. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I think this is a very clear and unbiased film about the great myth that is Diego Maradona. He is a god in his own country and not only there. Despite that, people involved in the making of this film treated him as what he actually is (was) a human being. Very nice documentary. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Understandably, Asif Kapdia's documentary is screened this weekend, a few days after we said goodbye to one of the best footballers of all time. And boy is it worth a watch. Kapadia has a terrific skill in drawing you into his films even if you have no interest in the subject matter. Despite having no interest in F1, Senna (2010) had me in pieces by the end, and it's without doubt one of the best documentaries of recent times. He repeated the feat with Amy (2015), and has perfected the style a third time with Diego Maradona, helped by some truly astonishing archive footage. Focusing on his time at Napoli rather than tackling a broader scope, this allows for incredible focus as well as pulling in other themes from his life and applying them to the Napoli years. It's terrific. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Superbe documentaire. Vintage football. El pibe de oro... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Director
Asif Kapadia
Producer
James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin
Production Co
Film 4, Lorton Entertainment, On The Corner Films Limited
Genre
Biography, Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 16, 2019
Runtime
2h 0m
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