The Match

1999

1h 35m

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6.2/10

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Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.

Directors

Mick Davis

Writers

Mick Davis(writer by)

Stars

Max Beesley

Isla Blair

James Cosmo

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Wullie Smith

Sheila Bailey

Billy Bailey

Gorgeous Gus

Rosemary Bailey

Big Tam

Scrapper

Buffalo

Piss Off

Mechanic

Danny Van Boy

Dingus

Tommy

Dead Eye

Happy Feet

John MacGhee

Patsy Kennedy

Carol McGhee

Directors

Mick Davis

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Mick Davis(writer by)

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6/10

This movie can be harmless fun as long as you can lower your expectations more than a little. The entire premise of the film seems more than a little dubious to me. Why would owners of two pubs 100 years before make a bet based on one of them winning 99 matches in a row? Was one of the teams so bad and with no hope of ever getting better that making such a long-term bet based on the next 100 games made sense? Or, more likely, was this a plot gimmick dreamed up by the scriptwriters to create cheap but instant suspense? Yes, that was my conclusion also. Still, the movie was entertaining enough to keep me watching, though just barely. If you like escapist romantic comedies, give this one a try, and let it wash over you.

narrator5602 May, 2021