Mike Bassett: England Manager

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Mike Bassett: England Manager

2001

1h 29m

Comedy

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England's Football Association scrambles to find a replacement for the national team's manager after Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris) dies of a heart attack. Most candidates decline the position, and the FA must offer it to inept Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson), who accepts. He makes a series of bad decisions and loses his first two games as England manager. Bassett seems destined for a quick exit when he gets a chance at redemption after his team surprisingly gains entry into the World Cup.

Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

Rated: 3/5

Jan 8, 2002

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Despite its underdog charm endearing it to some at the time, this 2001 British mockumentary now resembles an ancient piece of soccer history.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 22, 2021

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Harry Guerin

RTÉ (Ireland)

There's just not enough great gags in Mike Bassett to make it funnier than Kevin Keegan's time in the England hotseat.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 26, 2003

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Ian Mantgani

UK Critic

Such an unnecessary movie, shot in a crummy pseudo-documentary style

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 8, 2002

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Audience Member

Rotten tomato has very odd taste regarding on movies. The people here only like cheesy and smart looking movies while classic relaxing and fun movies like Mike bassett is scored a fail. It's like the people here need a circlejerk so they can pay each other's shoulder admiring how smart they are to not having a laugh at this sort of low budget low production movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Fantastic football comedy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Classic mockumentary. Looks painfully outdated now but still stands up comedy-wise.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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james b

funnier than expected could have been alot better but this mockumentary film about a lower league manager becoming the international english teams manager has a joke at every corner and a semi circle in the middle or something, also the lead is is your man out of the royle family i dont watch the royle family but my family like the royle family and i dont mean the royle family as in the queen and prince harry i mean the tv show the royle family not that my family have anything against the royal family im sure they dont, but they might.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This movie is just a must watch for all fotball fans, i laught my socks of :)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

A film of two halves, this starts off quite weak and fizzles out quickly. If you don't turn it off after 20-30mins during England's qualifiers, the pace improves ever so slightly when England reach Brazil. The jokes don't though - for me, it was only the slight nostalgic value of seeing Ronaldo, Pele' and that bloke who used to present the sport on Anglia, that made it halfway bearable. I was going to rate this 4/10, but I'll reluctantly admit to smirking slightly at Atomic Kitten's appearance and just being reminded of the halcyon days of On The Ball with Gabby Logan & Barry Venison is surely worth another half a star. Like an England penalty shootout, 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

England's Football Association scrambles to find a replacement for the national team's manager after Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris) dies of a heart attack. Most candidates decline the position, and the FA must offer it to inept Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson), who accepts. He makes a series of bad decisions and loses his first two games as England manager. Bassett seems destined for a quick exit when he gets a chance at redemption after his team surprisingly gains entry into the World Cup.

Director: Steve Barron
Producer: Neil Peplow, Steve Barron
Production Co: Hallmark Entertainment, Film Council
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround

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