The movie is about the American football team (Gerard Butler, Wes Bentley, Jay Rodin). The film embodies the full story behind this team, who are very vulnerable and trying to train again to face the British team in a preliminary match for the 1950 World Cup.
...lacks even a penalty kick's worth of tension and is paradoxically inert for a movie about guys running up and down the pitch for the glory of the U.S.
Oregon Herald
May 11, 2005
Enough enthusiasm, authenticity, and spirited soccer play to offset the missing ingredients.
A sentimental, creaky, underwritten, overloaded picture that fails as character study, period film, sports movie and heart-stirrer.
Denver Post
April 22, 2005
...this soccer tale is about as exciting to watch as a scoreless match between opponents so defense-minded the ball never gets beyond midfield.
Christianity Today
September 28, 2006
A treat for soccer fans who have yet to see their favorite game given its due on the big screen. This won't be a classic soccer movie, but it's a start.
Boston Globe
April 22, 2005
These guys give a sport that is virtually nameless in the movies a good name in this one.
It's difficult to muster dislike for The Game of Their Lives, which is reasonably interesting, but it needed more grit and inspiration than this straightforward account can provide.
Common Sense Media
May 09, 2005
The Game of Their Lives takes a standard inspirational sports movie structure.
the narrative and dialogue club us over the head in an effort to make 21st-century viewers understand why the victory of America's team over England was of such monumental importance.
