As you can see from the cover, Colin Firth was miscast in a non-toff role in a boring film about the moronity of football supporters. Colin looks more like he's encouraging Queen to fist his anus whilst he prepares to take the kings in his mouth. Rather than being stood amongst the working classes in the golden days when the blue collar brigade could actually afford a ticket.

Amazing film and i knew the ending before i saw it! And its all up for grabs now!

My fave Hornby book with Firth? Kiddin', right? :)
How life should be more important than being a fan. You tell me.

Best footie film ever. Even better than Escape to Victory ;-)

For no other reason than the 1989 Arsenal team, David 'Rocky' Rocastle RIP, 'proper' Highbury and Colin Firth wearing a 1970's Arsenal top....Oh, review the film...err..book just as good....

As you can see from the cover, Colin Firth was miscast in a non-toff role in a boring film about the moronity of football supporters. Colin looks more like he's encouraging Queen to fist his anus whilst he prepares to take the kings in his mouth. Rather than being stood amongst the working classes in the golden days when the blue collar brigade could actually afford a ticket.

"‎This is a really good transfer of Nick Hornby's 'autobiography' from paper onto screen. The story doesn't follow the book to the letter, starts later, and finishes two seasons earlier, but the spirit and feel of the book is there on screen. Hornby's obsession with Arsenal to the exclusion of everything else, and the effect his obsession had on his family and love life is conveyed well. Unlike the book which is pretty much in chronological order, the film moves backwards and forwards in time a little. The scenes of 1970s home counties life were brilliant (although the book started in the 1960s, the film doesn't).
I'm not a fan of rom-coms and feel rather embarrassed to admit that the film had me in tears throughout most of its 100 minutes. The childhood scenes of the broken family and the relationship with his girlfriend - yes I snivelled through it all to my great surprise."

The lack of romantic chemistry between the leads really held this one back for me. It's a charming enough film but there's nothing about it really worth recommending.

Amazing film and i knew the ending before i saw it! And its all up for grabs now!

Sadly lacking in the comedy it so earnestly promised. Although, look at where Firth is now...someone saw something in him. And decided to ignore his rather evident - at least in this - speech impediment.

Oh, the irony.

A tad too predictable and a bit too time-jumpy for me, I'm afraid. Sorry, Col.

However, someone must have done something right. Strong is...well, strong in it, and look where he is now. Firth is an Oscar-owning king of the world. And Gemmell? Well, she made it into Lewis.

It's alright for some.

Favourite Scene: Either the second to last, where Paul is trying so hard to leave the flat, yet misses Sarah outside; or the one in the car, where Sarah first invites him in for coffee. The former, because it is clever; the latter, because it is echoed in Love Actually.