Watch: Will 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – An orphan journeys across Europe to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul..
Plot: Brennan is Liverpool’s number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will’s mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool’s trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.
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best football feature of the year
I have just seen this film at the Kerala Film Festival in India and I am still amazed! It might be very well the best football feature film of the year 2011. The story about a boy who tackles his great trauma with the potential healing power of football and who is helped wherever he goes by the solidarity of football fans from different nations brought me at different moments very very close to tears. It didn’t surprised me that a female director got this deep understanding of the very soul of football, but when two American scriptwriter-producer prove to be so close at the heart of what they have to call “soccer” in their own country – then there is hope for more good football films to come out of Hollywood…
An inspirational tale whether you’re a football fan or not!
As an American, I don’t follow “football” across the pond. I have no connection to Liverpool, nor do I know their place in the annals of European soccer history. But frankly, none of that matters. Fans of any sport can relate to the fervor with which another fan follows their team. I saw myself in Will. It reminded me of a time when I was an 11 year-old boy collecting baseball or football cards and talking about sports with my friends. At one time or another we all have passionately defended our team, its heroes, and their importance not just in the sport, but to the very fabric of the universe.And that is what this movie is about – passion. The reviewers who have commented on small points like traveling without a passport are missing the point. It’s a bit like complaining about the chips in a chocolate-chip cookie not being properly spaced. The important part is the joy you experience when the chocolate hits your taste buds. This theme in this flick is simple. Let your passion shine through and it will inspire others. If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t read any further. Watch the movie. That is my only recommendation here.
Now, that having been said, in my opinion the script was very well- written. There is believability in the actions of all of the main characters. Consider the following:
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1. The father was a bit of a MacGuffin. His purpose was solely to provide the end goal – the Championship game – and the opportunity to get there. The writers could have had the father live and the story could have been about them bonding on the journey. But this story is about Will.
Still, it’s believable that the father would shell out a fortune for the tickets. Even if he didn’t pay the 10,000 EUR each for real tickets, it likely was a big sum. So why would he do it? Soccer was the one thing the two could bond over. He saw the passion that Will had for the team, and it rekindled memories of him as a boy with his own father. The guilt he felt for abandoning Will was overwhelming. But this trip would be perfect to forge a new beginning, and for him to perhaps once again be the kind of man a son could look up to.
2.The tickets and bet were critical plot devices as well. As others pointed out, the father didn’t know the tickets were fake. He got taken, pure and simple. But the tickets being fake was important because it creates empathy for Will. It creates additional impetus for Alek to make the journey. It also provides the rallying point at the conclusion of the story.
The bet too was crucial. Even a naive 11 year-old would not believe he could make it across Europe with no money. The money won from the bet is the additional motivation he needs to start on his journey. It also gives the viewer a feeling of manifest destiny. He foresaw the victory, against all odds (or at least 11-1 odds). He simply had to make that trip!
3.As much as the money was important to get Will started, it was critical that he lose the money early. Even with the money, it is hard to imagine an 11-year old completing that long of a journey on his own. Enter Alek. The writer(s) put the pair together in a smart way. Would Alek have given Will the ride if he didn’t have to make a quick getaway? Maybe not. He may have validated the boy’s story first. The other events – Alek’s friend spotting him dropping the boy off, money being stolen, etc. all serve to bring the pair together.
4.I really liked Alek’s back-story. Why on earth would this man risk everything to help a boy travel across a continent? As we later learn, it’s his personal desire for redemption that motivates him, even if he didn’t know it at the time. In Will he sees the young boy who inadvertently died years earlier. They share a common bond, soccer, and Will’s passion in the backdrop of grave misfortune inspires Alek. He thinks he is saving the boy, but truly the boy saves him. His friend Mathieu saw that, and provided the means (car and money) for him to start down the path of salvation.
So overall, I really liked the movie. My 6-year old daughter started watching a few minutes in, and it gave us an opportunity to discuss some difficult topics and a number of teaching points. And it left me with a little inspiration as well.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 42 min (102 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 124104
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
Director Ellen Perry
Writer Zack Anderson, Ellen Perry
Actors Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins, Rebekah Staton
Country United Kingdom
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Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna Vivid 500T 8547, Eterna 250D 8563)
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