Supelice Dreadfully Boring

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

cortoonwen Well I saw this movie yesterday for the first time and I didn't expect a masterpiece. I wanted to be entertained, nothing more. After sixty minutes I stopped it, because I couldn't stand that bad story. The characters are clichés: The violent and gambling father, the vicious chief in the brewery and poor Jimmy who fights against that circumstances and his own failures. At one point he loses everything: The Woman he loves, his brother and the chance to get part of Sheffield United. But then he turns for 180 degrees, fights hard for his second chance and in the most important game he got in after 45 min beats Manchester United nearly alone. I spend all my admiration for Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd and Pete Postlethwaite. They fight with their acting against this poor script, but they lose against it. It's a pity, because this could have been a really good movie, but therefor you need a more inspiring directing and a better script. You can see in "Billy Elliot" how you can tell a good story with this topic. So "When Saturday Comes" is just a mediocre try to make a good movie.

butchfilms I thought this was going to be a terrible film like most football (soccer) movies, but I have to admit this one was entertaining at least, of course this is not "Escape to Victory (1981)" but it is much better than most movies about this sport. I think "When Saturday Comes" deserves 6.5 stars.The performances were good for what the movie needed, standing out Emily Lloyd with a good work playing Annie Doherty the girlfriend of the lead character (Sean Bean). Sean Bean surprise me because at least one can tell that he has played some "futbol" when he was a kid, not like many others as Michael Caine who is a good actor but he had never kicked a ball in his life before filming "Escape to Victory (1981)". In my country almost always put actors who are terrible playing football in roles of "futbol" players at the movies.(spoiler in this paragraph) What I didn't like about the movie was the final game where Jimmy Muir (Sean Bean)scores 3 goals in his debut game, come on he is not Pele, Maradona, Messi or George Best to do that, It would have been more realistic if he had given one goal assistance and score two goals(I give you that if you want). At least the plays in the final game were OK and look realistic.Jimmy Muir is a very good amateur football player who works in a factory and he will have the great chance of his life to become a professional player when one day he receives an invitation for a proof at Sheffield United..........If you are a fan of football(soccer)like me you will like this movie otherwise stay away from it..

terry-255 The opening scenes of this movie are shot at my old school. It used to be known as Annes Road Junior School but has since moved up market and is no referred to as Annes Grove. I'ts a primary school although it's depicted in the movie as a seconday (high) school. The pub they head off towards is the Shakespere but when they get inside it is transformed into another pub all together. These inaccuracies aside, the thing that miffs me the most is that were never allowed to leave school by that particular gate, we had to walk around the school. Sad to say that at 45 years old I'm still traumatised by that small restriction.As for the movie, it's not really fiction, I grew up with these people, although they may have exaggerated the typical crowd size for a Blades match. By the way, respect to Tony Currie.

derekparry If you think Sean Bean as a 25 year old footballer (he was 37 when the film was made), playing park football at such a low level there is not even any goalnets but can still hit the big time is a little incredulous then wait until you see the film's finale.Those two gripes aside this is a likeable slice of English kitchen sink drama. A fine performance from John McEnery as Jimmys embittered, jealous father added to an entertaining if predictable story mean this film is well worth watching. Even the football action, which is notoriously difficult to cinemarise, is not as far from the real thing as most football action in films is.Also not to be missed is a cameo appearance from legendary Blade, Tony Currie. He looks like he has been to the acting school for nodding dogs to train for his part.