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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

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A soccer player moves into a hotel, sleeps with a cashier and impulsively strangles her.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Wenders is not just playing on the romance of America, but also its dark side. Bloch's America is the America of Jim Thompson. This is America as a lawless and cruel place of violence. Rated: 5/5 Jul 13, 2018 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film This is toxic masculinity masquerading as boredom, with Wenders' refusal to give it emotional adornment only adding to the sense of existential strangeness of the whole affair. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 4, 2018 Full Review Enid Spitz Willamette Week The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is artistic and pensive, and requires a lot of patience. But it also gut-punches you with all the tenderness of a streamliner. Rated: A Mar 3, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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william k Sparse, unsettling crime melodrama portrays an alienated, unpleasant protagonist in realistic German urban and rural settings without trying to explain his irrational actions; nevertheless, a classic of the New German Cinema era. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I only wish it had more actual soccer in it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A soccer player moves into a hotel, sleeps with a cashier and impulsively strangles her.
Director
Wim Wenders
Producer
Peter Genée, Thomas Schamoni
Screenwriter
Wim Wenders, Peter Handke
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 19, 1972, Original
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm