Diego Maradona

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Diego Maradona

2019

2h 0m

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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

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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

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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

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Emma Donnelly

Film Ireland Magazine

It could be a filmmaker honing their craft, or the sheer wealth of documentation available for this subject, but Diego Maradona surpasses its two cinematic predecessors in terms of style and technical achievement.

Sep 4, 2025

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Marcelo Paredes

Cinencuentro

...it's a classic rise-and-fall story, showing this period in Naples being the one that perfectly encapsulates everything football has meant during [Diego's] years in the media spotlight. [Full review in Spanish]

May 28, 2025

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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

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Stephen C

Real footage in 2 hours flat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In British English with American English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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Tomas T

Y EL PUEBLO GRITO MARADO'! MARADO'!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

Superbe documentaire. Vintage football. El pibe de oro...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Diego Maradona

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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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