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Absolutely Fantastic

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Loving couple adopt an orphan from a local orphanage. Alden tries to bond with his son by getting him involved in a local soccer team. However the team is poorly coached and can't win any games. When Clay's dog turns out to be a natural player he is put in the first team (at the expense of Clay) causing rifts in the team. With the team on a great cup run and the town gone Lincoln mad everything seems fine. However Clay feels neglected and a dog catcher seeks to catch Lincoln who have previously escaped him.It's not a great premise at all, but with enough tongue in cheek humour this could have been pretty funny. The story is rubbish and the core of it is dull. The main bit relates to tension between Clay and his dad, and a rivalry between Clay and another team. Both these bits are dull and nothing new. However what is enjoyable is the occasional streak of adult jokes that come up.The film's comedy come from the characters that represent various films. We have the mobster type father (just like Paulie from Goodfellas), we have the coach of one of the teams who rips off the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket, we have one of the players who talks like Vince Vaughn in Swingers – and we have a familiar face from Blazing Saddles and a referee who looks like Tony Blair! We also have a few scenes that spoof other films – the best being Ransom – but most of it isn't very good.Foley is OK as Clay but Marshall is dull as the dad. McMurray is funny as the coach and the various film spoof characters are pretty funny. However the main characters are dull and Billy Drago has nothing to do and doesn't carry much menace. The scenes of the dog playing football are daft too, and not well done – the dog either follows a ball that is obviously being dragged in front of it or they use an absurd computer generated ball instead.Overall this has plenty of funny characters but the core is really dull making this worth watching once, but don't expect it to be that good.

This movie may have a few minor flaws (e.g., length and some bad acting *cough* John Marshall) but overall it was highly entertaining. I especially enjoyed the cinematography, soundtrack, and humor. Olivia D'Abo was great, as usual. Highly recommended for an evening of wholesome "warm and fuzzy" family fun.

This film was everything I never thought it was going to be. I was babysitting and it came on HBO. I sat the three kids in front of the TV and to my surprise they were mesmorized by the film. Even more shocking than that was that I too, found myself into the story.The humor, in a clever way, plays to both the adults and kids at the same time.Overall it won't set the film world on fire, but it was a fun hour and a half!

I really liked this movie and my kids love it. It is very hard to find movies which are entertaining for adults but that are appropriate for children... and "Soccer Dog" does both. It is very off-beat and is good because the comedy is not slap-stick driven but based on the characters.I don't normally send in reviews, but when I read the review of August 1, 2000, I found it to be completely off-base and because my kids and I found this to be a good film... I wanted to recommend it to you. I really think the filmmakers did a good job... so check it out for yourself.