A mockumentary about five arrogant overpaid homophobic racist ex-Manchester United players who had the chance to become heroes in 2010 - and failed spectacularly.
United offers nothing on the beautiful game that Billy the Fish didn’t say on the pages of Viz three decades ago.
It may not exactly be a Swiftian satire but this send-up of modern football is frequently funny and as full of raw commitment as a two-footed lunge.
This badly edited mockumentary about made-up Man United stars would struggle to raise a smile from Alex Ferguson.
The film feels like a TV sketch stretched to feature length and some of the gags are crass in the extreme but it is intermittently funny and perceptive on top-level modern footballers and celebrity culture.
I found this parodic sports doc (or “sportsumentary”, if you will) very hard going indeed.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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