The Champion

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The Champion

2024

1h 46m

Drama

Sports

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Diego has just been voted best young European player and at the age of 20 he is on his way to making his team, Atlético de Madrid, La Liga champions. But his impulsive and conflictive character makes the Club, fed up with his excesses, hire Alex, a withdrawn and lonely psychology professor, to improve his behavior. Both will have no choice but to learn to understand each other.

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

Despite its predictability, the film offers effective entertainment, with moments of tension and redemption that, although superficial, are attractive enough to keep the viewer interested. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Jul 17, 2024

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John Serba

Decider

Two-thirds of The Champion is solid, reasonably thoughtful entertainment, and the other third is dreck. That’s a passing grade even though the movie D-minused the final.

Jul 15, 2024

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

The Champion isn’t a very good movie, but it’s a well-intentioned and likable one so I’d feel bad making fun of it.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 12, 2024

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Charles Hartford

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

The Champion manages to meld the many personalities and stories they bring with them into a powerful narrative.

Rated: 9/10

Jul 12, 2024

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Archi Sengupta

LeisureByte.com

The Champion is a very generic drama with some emotions that ultimately become thoroughly predictable.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 12, 2024

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Andrés Salas

Cinemanía (Spain)

It won't become a classic of football cinema, but it will be a good option to pass the time. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 10, 2024

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Connie L

Ik vond dit een prachtige film. Over Diego een jonge topvoetballer die bezwijkt onder de druk om te moeten presteren en vervolgens ontspoort. Door het verhaal heen groeit hij echter met vallen en opstaan steeds meer naar zijn volwassenheid toe. Het thema v deze film is emotie en emotie en kracht Op t moment dat t hele stadion zijn naam scandeert, heb ik gehuild, zo indrukwekkend Connie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/22/24

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Adam A

Whoever wrote this needs to be in jail. A decent idea that never takes off due to horrific writing and cartoonish unidimensional characters. A shame really but exactly what you would expect from a Netflix movie

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/25/24

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Michael H

The film was ok but spoilt by the ending which left the story untild I like a film to entertain with good story acting and hopefully resolved ending so for me it was very poor film

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Helen L

A good watch….entertaining, a little bit predictable in parts and I’m hoping for a sequel from the way it ended.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/18/24

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Jessica S

Will there be a second part to this?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/16/24

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Carlos Therón

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Pablo Chiapella

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Synopsis

Diego has just been voted best young European player and at the age of 20 he is on his way to making his team, Atlético de Madrid, La Liga champions. But his impulsive and conflictive character makes the Club, fed up with his excesses, hire Alex, a withdrawn and lonely psychology professor, to improve his behavior. Both will have no choice but to learn to understand each other.

Director: Carlos Therón
Screenwriter: Joaquín Oristrell, Joan Gual
Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Drama, Sports
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 12, 2024
Runtime: 1h 46m

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