The Damned United
2009 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 7.2 · 87% critics
A confident football manager takes over a top English club and immediately clashes with players and officials over their rough, win-at-all-costs approach. As pressure mounts, flashbacks to earlier successes and a key partnership reveal what drives his ambition, rivalry, and need for respect.
Based on The Damned Utd
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-03-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (695 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, character-driven sports drama about ambition, ego, and teamwork, similar in feel to Frost/Nixon or The Queen; Not for you if you want lots of match action or a purely uplifting story.
Pros: strong lead performances; gripping rivalry drama; vivid 70s atmosphere | Cons: swearing may alienate; football scenes unconvincing; accuracy questioned by fans
Themes
- northern england
- based on novel or book
- sports
- 1970s
- biography
- yorkshire
- brighton, england
- football (soccer)
- cup
- management
- football (soccer) team
- sports controversy
Cast & crew
Michael Sheen
as Brian Clough
Timothy Spall
as Peter Taylor
Colm Meaney
as Don Revie
Jim Broadbent
as Sam Longson
Maurice Roëves
as Jimmy Gordon
Stephen Graham
as Billy Bremner
Henry Goodman
as Manny Cossins
Mark Bazeley
as Austin Mitchell
Giles Alderson
as Colin Todd
Martin Compston
as John O'Hare
Directed by Tom Hooper