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In The Hands Of God
Sep 14 2007 By Graham Young, Birmingham Mail
DON'T ask me how, but this uneven documentary about five ball jugglers keen to meet Diego Maradona is somehow getting a wider release than recent movies like Waitress, Two Days in Paris and the excellent Hallam Foe.
The coming-of-age road movie starts off brilliantly with the boys all displaying such unbelievable skills even Cristiano Ronaldo would be drooling.
But, with their hang-ups and limitations making the film increasingly feel like Big Brother on Tour, you begin to realise that they are circus jugglers, not footballers.
In the end, I couldn't care whether they met Diego or not. I either wanted to see them prove their worth on a soccer pitch (impossible), or to just hear the final whistle.
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