The Match
It's a game of two pubs!
Production
Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.
Trailers & Videos
The Match - Trailer
Cast
Max Beesley
Wullie Smith
Isla Blair
Sheila Bailey
James Cosmo
Billy Bailey
Richard E. Grant
Gorgeous Gus
Laura Fraser
Rosemary Bailey
Ian Holm
Big Tam
David Hayman
Scrapper
Tom Sizemore
Buffalo
Neil Morrissey
Piss Off
David O'Hara
Mechanic
Iain Robertson
Danny Van Boy
Michael Nardone
Dingus
Bill Paterson
Tommy
Gary Lewis
Dead Eye
Ron Donachie
Happy Feet
Pierce Brosnan
John MacGhee
Samantha Fox
Patsy Kennedy
Sally Howitt
Carol McGhee
Jonathan Watson
Charlie
Russell Barr
Nancy No Pants
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
This movie can be harmless fun as long as you can lower your expectations more than a little. The entire premise of the film seems more than a little dubious to me. Why would owners of two pubs 100 years before make a bet based on one of them winning 99 matches in a row? Was one of the teams so bad and with no hope of ever getting better that making such a long-term bet based on the next 100 games made sense? Or, more likely, was this a plot gimmick dreamed up by the scriptwriters to create cheap but instant suspense? Yes, that was my conclusion also.
Still, the movie was entertaining enough to keep me watching, though just barely. If you like escapist romantic comedies, give this one a try, and let it wash over you.
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