@@jamesward3859 no it doesn’t; an indie film is one produced outside of the major studios, this film was produced by Fox Searchlight which is owned by a major corporation. Objectively, it is not an indie
I watched the documentary at a film festival in Nairobi almost 10 years ago, when they finally scored there were cheers around the theatre like it was a live match, will never forget it
This seems to have a similar feel to it as Hunt For The Wilder-people which I really like. The further Taika gets away from love and thunder, the better.
My husband and I were able to see this tonight. They called it an unseen movie. It was worth watching. We loved it. I would watch it again. It was entertaining and kept me excited. Put it this way I wanted to kick the ball around.
@@purefoldnz3070 that’s a stretch, it’s bad but no where near the worst when movies like cat woman(2004) and fant4stic(2015) exist. It’s not even the worst mcu film, let alone the worst superhero film in general.
@@Jordan-ws6jy Hello, yes! it's good to note that American Samoa is a US territory unlike Samoa (commonly known as Western Samoa) which is its own independent country. The film tho is just focused on American Samoa.
Got dragged to this by my soccer obsessed 9 year old and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was! Showcases how beautiful the pacific island culture is and their unique sense of humour. Definitely worth a watch and it’s not a sports movie as such, that’s just the glue that sort of binds the whole story together.
Yeah this is where Taika belongs. He excels at smaller films than big franchise projects. I'd probably check it out. Been a long time since we've seen Fasbender
@@purefoldnz3070 That's not how it works, thor ragnarok was good, and his episode of mandelorian was also good. He makes amazing movies and also love and thunder
It’s been too damn long since we’ve seen Michael Fassbender, easily become one of my fav actors, he excels at roles even in shit films. Him and James McAvoy singlehandedly carried the young X-Men movies. Glad to see him doing comedy again too, and he’s even playing a dude from my country, though he def just has an Irish accent lol. I mean Fassbender can act opposite himself and be entertaining I can’t wait to see him in this and The Killer.
Hope you enjoy "The Killer" -- absolutely brilliant work from MF. Can't decide if it is a black comedy or something else, but either way, it is truly well done.
Just watched the film, it’s honestly so so good, I feel like it’s catered more to NZ, AUS and island nations which is why it might have low scores on the internet but if your from any of these country’s it’ll probably be a 9 or 10/10
I remember seeing the original documentary (which is brilliant in itself), cool to see they're doing a feature film with a good cast/director on it! Look forward to it.
@@thegadflygang5381 who said anything about Tahiti? This is clearly set in American Samoa 🇦🇸. And as far as I know TW is a kiwi with Maori and Jewish ancestry. The only connection to Tahiti i can see is the fact that American Samoa is an ethnically polynesian pacific island nation. Like Aotearoa (NZ). So if your Italian teacher was Polynesian of some description then I guess tour statement stands. Still confused as to where you got Tahiti from tho?
I just finished watching this at the cinema and I can say it’s surprisingly good. Something of fresh air from the trash they put out these days. A definite must watch if you’re bored of everything else. Also don’t worry so much about the football theme if you’re not into that. It’s very light hearted and a bit of fun. 7.5/10😊
So this film is like a Reverse Ted Lasso in almost every way, but hopefully on Waititi's hand it is going to be just as much fun. Really enjoyed the trailer. Fingers crossed.
Just saw this yesterday. Spoilers if you haven’t seen it yet. One thing I thought was very well done, was how the daughter’s death wasn’t revealed until almost the end. Personally, I did not pick up at all that the daughter had died but once they reveal it, it makes total sense. The whole time you’re watching Fassbender’s character listen to the voicemails you assume that he has s strained relationship with the daughter because of the divorce, which they do blatantly bring up early in the film. At the end when he breaks down and tells the team how she died it really hits all the more. Personally, I think that was masterfully done.
The movie is funny and entertaining. I love watching Michael Fassbender. And some of the actors who played as the players are easy on the eyes, especially Uli Latukefu (as Nicky) and Ioane Goodhue (as Smiley).
Great to see Michael Fassbender in movies again, looking forward to seeing him in this film and David Fincher's new film "The Killer", which got rave reviews at Venice.
I've always enjoyed watching Michael Fassbender. Thought I heard about this movie somewhere but completely forgot about it. Looking forward to watching it now
this looks funny as hell. And thank you for showing us that Dark skin Samoans actually exists, wbk. Apparently if you ask whoever is casting LILO AND STITCH they don't. A shame. Hope this one is a hit, thanks Taika.
Wtf does dark skinned Samoans have to do with anything ??...it must be an American thing because us Samoans don't look at other Samoans as darker or lighter...if you're Samoan you're Samoan period...don't bring that bs
The shame is, Love and Thunder just needed a few tweeks. I wish he had approached it the way he did Ragnarok... but he let the comedy get ahead of the story in Love and Thunder.
@@UncleMilo I don't know if that script could a been saved. So much of the comedy was a total misfire and I don't care if it is comic accurate or not, having the Greek/roman mythological figures also be intergalactic super-beings like norse mythological ones is a bit much, that shit was TOO goofball, def woulda helped the movie if more focus and development was provided to the villain though, damn shame they wasted a talent like bale
@@UncleMilo Thor: Dumb and Dumber needed one tweak: to never be released. That movie was unsalvagable, what are you talking about. It's worse than Batman & Robin.
It's weird how he made one movie people didn't respond to and everyone has been down his throat about him as a creative (when said movie was certainly his most studio-input-heavy work). That's a convo people can have if this sucks, but I rly don't reckon it will, looks great
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Taika Waitit needs to do more projects like this, more indie projects instead of big studio controlled franchise
this is not indie it fox
Fox SEARCHLIGHT so it counts as indie
He does big studio movies to help fund his indie projects :)
@@jamesward3859 fox is a major studio so it not indie
@@jamesward3859 no it doesn’t; an indie film is one produced outside of the major studios, this film was produced by Fox Searchlight which is owned by a major corporation. Objectively, it is not an indie
Michael Fassbender is back, baby!
Am really glad to see him in a movie again
Actually, no, this film was shot 4 years ago.
@@hubertstepien6293 Doesn't change my point. Between this movie and Fincher's The Killer, this is gonna be Fassbender's comeback year.
Really
Benedict Cumberbatch's friend Michael Fassbender is back
I watched the documentary at a film festival in Nairobi almost 10 years ago, when they finally scored there were cheers around the theatre like it was a live match, will never forget it
Bro! Spoiler alert!
@@chendaddy oops, my bad
@@chendaddy can you have spoilers for real life events/a documentary that a movie is based on.....
@@HeyJoolstechnically, yes.
Doco was waaaay better than this
1. Glad to see Taika back
2. This will be the first time I see Michael doing a comedy role and not a villain 😂
Bro somebody copied your comment
You should watch Frank
Hey now what about 12 years a slave
@Spitsworth you cant read, can you?
This looks like a fun movie and really glad to see Michael Fassbender in the movies again
He’s been in this movie before?!
I meant to say movies
Soon as u mentioned, last time he’s in a movie it’s Dark Phoenix, good lord that’s a while
Agreed, he’s been one of my favorite actors for quite some time now
its been too damn long. So consistently good as an actor.
I'm literally so excited for this, I'm from American Samoa,it's nice to see a little representation for my country
The representation for your country being shown here was how bad you guys were at soccer
@@andrewkind2820 still representation, especially for the culture of the island outside of the sport
@@1aquan this is essentially another white savior movie
@@andrewkind2820 that shouldn’t matter if the director isn’t white
I'm from South America. Because of this project, now I know about American Samoa; I'll do some research on your team and your futbol history
This seems to have a similar feel to it as Hunt For The Wilder-people which I really like. The further Taika gets away from love and thunder, the better.
Friggin love that movie
Seeing that shot of Taika as a priest makes me believe this is set in the same universe as Hunt for the WIlderpeople, no doubt about it.
exactly its like Hun for the Wilder-people only with soccer in it. I'm in.
It feels a lot like all of his movies really. Which is not a bad thing, but he definitely has a style.
The further he gets away from Hollywood and get back to his New Zealand's roots, the MUCH better!
My husband and I were able to see this tonight. They called it an unseen movie. It was worth watching. We loved it. I would watch it again. It was entertaining and kept me excited. Put it this way I wanted to kick the ball around.
So glad to see the Michael Fassbender comeback... idc if this was filmed a few years ago it still counts and he's due a return
He spends a lot of quality time with Alicia Vikander
@@cp2342That prick is living the dream.
FINALLY! Only been waiting multiple years since it wrapped production. Hope this is a return to form for Taika ❤
They were just waiting to release close to The Killer so Michael Fassbender can get more momentum
@David H no, they weren't. They reshot all the scenes of Armie hammer with will Arnett, for an indie movie it's not that easy to do reshoots
@@thegreatconstable yah I was about to reply with this. They hadn’t even filmed David Fincher’s The Killer yet when this originally finished.
@@thegreatconstable Oh that happened too
@@thegreatconstable This is a (Fox) Searchlight now aka Disney financed movie. Far from indie.
Taika Waititi, who literally won an Oscar for JoJo Rabbit, deciding to list himself as "Loser of Best Picture for JoJo Rabbit"
is PRICELESS
well he should add to the list Director of the worst superhero film.
He won for best adapted screen play - not for the film.
@@purefoldnz3070 that’s a stretch, it’s bad but no where near the worst when movies like cat woman(2004) and fant4stic(2015) exist. It’s not even the worst mcu film, let alone the worst superhero film in general.
@@dressageau I know, but I think it's funny that instead of mentioning the Oscar he won, he mentioned that he lost a different Oscar instead 😂
@@endubless I would say even worse than Cat Woman. It was one of the worst things ive ever seen. At least Cat Woman is so bad its good.
Taika and Micheal I’m literally so happy, I’ve been waiting for months and I’m just so excited!
big shoutout to taika waititi for shining the light to our island! Samoa to the world!
Is Samoa an island?
@@Jordan-ws6jy Hello, yes! it's good to note that American Samoa is a US territory unlike Samoa (commonly known as Western Samoa) which is its own independent country. The film tho is just focused on American Samoa.
@@Jordan-ws6jy Samoa is an independent country. However one of its island is under USA called American Samoa.
my love for Jojo Rabbit still hasn't subsided
I ADORED Jojo Rabbit! Saw it 3 times in the theater!
Nor should it ever. This is going to be another knockout, I know it!
@@deborahjohansen1776 me too, Heroes keeps playing in my head
Even that calamity called Thor: Love and Thunder couldn't erase the impact of Jojo Rabbit.
❤❤❤❤❤😮❤
The documentary is also amazing. Yes, this is a true story! The coach actually played with the best players in the world at his time.
best players in the world feels like a stretch, wasn't he a journeyman in the MLS? Thomas Rongen right?
Best players in the world 😂😂😂
@@qmathew9900 He played with George Best and Johan Cruyff.
You sir, know nothing about football.
@@dddgtsd no thats who he coached. As a player he played with both Georgie Best and Johan Cruyff.
So in love with Taika and Fass, that I've almost burst into tears
This trailer alone warms my heart. Can't wait for the whole movie! 💕
That has to be the best team meeting presentation I've ever seen. Short, no fussing about, few words, the point come across super clear
I've been waiting for the next taika movie for so long I'm so excited
It hasn’t even been a year since his last film.
@@MegaUtube99this move was already done but they had to reshoots because it had Armie Hammer
@@MegaUtube99 Love and Thunder doesn't count
@@Jingles6466 the movie isnt great but not as bad people think it is.
Anything Taika does I’m in, throw in Rhys, Arnett, Fassbender, etc… looks great.
At last. I've been waiting years to see something from this film and looks like Taika is back on form with this. Can't wait.
Fassbender is the man, great to see him back. My fave actor
FINALLY!!! Been waiting for this like for 3 years. Looks as great as I expected a Taika film to be
America Samoan where I was born and raise omg I’m so excited to watch this with my family 🙌🏽
Got dragged to this by my soccer obsessed 9 year old and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was! Showcases how beautiful the pacific island culture is and their unique sense of humour. Definitely worth a watch and it’s not a sports movie as such, that’s just the glue that sort of binds the whole story together.
Yeah this is where Taika belongs. He excels at smaller films than big franchise projects. I'd probably check it out. Been a long time since we've seen Fasbender
just keep him far away from Star Wars and the MCU.
He was excellent in Ragnarok
@@erm12341 lets be honest he wrote some stupid jokes thats it. The best parts of that movie was written by someone else.
@@purefoldnz3070 That's not how it works, thor ragnarok was good, and his episode of mandelorian was also good. He makes amazing movies and also love and thunder
@@dino_matt He didn't write Ragnarok but he did write Love and Blunder which is one the worst movies ever made.
It’s been too damn long since we’ve seen Michael Fassbender, easily become one of my fav actors, he excels at roles even in shit films. Him and James McAvoy singlehandedly carried the young X-Men movies. Glad to see him doing comedy again too, and he’s even playing a dude from my country, though he def just has an Irish accent lol. I mean Fassbender can act opposite himself and be entertaining I can’t wait to see him in this and The Killer.
Hope you enjoy "The Killer" -- absolutely brilliant work from MF. Can't decide if it is a black comedy or something else, but either way, it is truly well done.
It was a freaking good movie! Extremely funny and lighthearted. Loved it!
So cool seeing Michael Fassbender doing more comedic roles, the guy has a wild range
Cool! Goofiest boy
Just watched the film, it’s honestly so so good, I feel like it’s catered more to NZ, AUS and island nations which is why it might have low scores on the internet but if your from any of these country’s it’ll probably be a 9 or 10/10
This is Taika in his element. This is where he can do his best!
1:26 absolutely kills me 🤣 I’d go and see this film for that bit alone
I remember seeing the original documentary (which is brilliant in itself), cool to see they're doing a feature film with a good cast/director on it! Look forward to it.
Love to see Waititi go back to his roots. I will watch anything this man creates, whether it's a dark comedy film or some random Japanese commercial.
He is a Jewish guy who lives in Hollywood. He is about as closely related to modern day Tahiti as my Italian teacher is
@@thegadflygang5381 who said anything about Tahiti? This is clearly set in American Samoa 🇦🇸.
And as far as I know TW is a kiwi with Maori and Jewish ancestry.
The only connection to Tahiti i can see is the fact that American Samoa is an ethnically polynesian pacific island nation. Like Aotearoa (NZ).
So if your Italian teacher was Polynesian of some description then I guess tour statement stands.
Still confused as to where you got Tahiti from tho?
This is the Taika i fell in love with!
I wonder how many of the 3.8M views are from people rewatching the trailer lol. This is one of the best trailers I’ve ever seen.
Michael Fassbender in a Taika Waititi movie? Yes, please!
Everyone who has played football in his life knows that there is no bigger injection of adrenaline to your body than the phrase: "NEXT GOAL WINS"
Looks funny. Good to see Michael FASSBENDER back. It’s a shame we haven’t got to see a lot of him in the last few years. He’s a fantastic actor
He is busy racing cars.
@@ObileenS Well in that case he shud have been cast in one of the 15 Fast & Furious movies that have come out in the last 3 years
I just finished watching this at the cinema and I can say it’s surprisingly good. Something of fresh air from the trash they put out these days.
A definite must watch if you’re bored of everything else. Also don’t worry so much about the football theme if you’re not into that. It’s very light hearted and a bit of fun. 7.5/10😊
Perfect Taika is coming back to his roots and he Plays priest again hahah great Fassbender I cannot wait to see this
Welcome back Michael Fassbender, we missed you.
Great to finally see the trailer. The doc was brilliant and I've been looking forward to the narrative adaptation for a while
Looks great! Loved Jojo Rabbit and am very glad to see Fassbender back in what appears to be good movies again between this and The Killer!
Shout out to FASSBENDER Dont see this Great actor in much anymore nice to see him.
Hell yes!! I'm up to check it out!
Taika Waititi and Michael Fassbender? sure thing! I haven't seen them in awhile, this trailer was neat!
Great trailer. Love her smile after fishbender says "are you serious"
So this film is like a Reverse Ted Lasso in almost every way, but hopefully on Waititi's hand it is going to be just as much fun. Really enjoyed the trailer. Fingers crossed.
Just saw this yesterday. Spoilers if you haven’t seen it yet.
One thing I thought was very well done, was how the daughter’s death wasn’t revealed until almost the end. Personally, I did not pick up at all that the daughter had died but once they reveal it, it makes total sense. The whole time you’re watching Fassbender’s character listen to the voicemails you assume that he has s strained relationship with the daughter because of the divorce, which they do blatantly bring up early in the film. At the end when he breaks down and tells the team how she died it really hits all the more. Personally, I think that was masterfully done.
Now this is the Taika Waititi we know and love! He needs to be left alone to do passion projects!
Like Valerian, what according to him was his life plan? What was an insult to the comic and a failure?
For those of you that don't know, this was filmed before COVID, and now it's finally being released after so long.
What a director and writer is Taika Waititi🤩
They should make more films about football it’s the best sport
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Everyone go watch the documentary this is based on! It is quite great. Can't wait for this!
What is it called and where can I find it?
@@nathancobbs4079 Same title actually, seems kind of lazy to use it again. Kidding of course. It's a 2014 documentary.
What’s it called?
@@MackAndrewSA same thing with fighting with my family
@@DannyCosmos same name as this film "Next goal wins" - 2014. It's a good watch
Looks like another win for Taika Waititi!
I still believe he is the homelander we deserved 😂
The movie is funny and entertaining. I love watching Michael Fassbender. And some of the actors who played as the players are easy on the eyes, especially Uli Latukefu (as Nicky) and Ioane Goodhue (as Smiley).
Aaaah this looks great, I love Samoans and I love Michael Fassbender
Literally my new FAVORITE underdog sports movie!!!
Taika’s BEST film!
This is going to be a masterpiece ❤❤
This looks great!! Great to see Fassbender with this director
Welcome back Mr. Fasbender.
YES!! I grew up in American Samoa!! So pumped for this movie
Hello. Did you get to watch the movie already? What do you rate it.
Taika Waititi...ON A Super Roll!
Dedicated to American Samoan football/Soccer !
Im realy happy to see Micheal fassbender again.
Now this seems like a return to form and looks like so much fun. Hope it's as good as Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Really like the look of this film, should be a good watch.
Great to see Michael Fassbender in movies again, looking forward to seeing him in this film and David Fincher's new film "The Killer", which got rave reviews at Venice.
AAAAAA I love Taika Waititi I love Micheal Fassbender normally I would never be interested in a movie about soccer BUT IM DEFINITELY SEEING THIS
Been waiting for this! Taika Waititi cinema incoming!!!
The documentary is one of my favorite films. I bought a bunch of copies and literally handed them out to people.
I am so excited!!! Michael Fassbender is the best!
Welcome back classy Fassy, we have missed you sir.
Just saw the trailer for this in my local Indie theater. I have never laughed so much during a trailer. Cannot wait to see the film!
Yes, Taika, back on form!!!! ❤ This is more like it!
bro this looks hella fun
Fassbender doing a Taika movie and a Fincher movie in the same year!
Talk about tonal whiplash 😅
this was so good i cried multiple times
Yooooo! I lived in American Samoa for 4 months, and it was amazing! I want to go back one day! I wonder if this actually filmed there!
I've always enjoyed watching Michael Fassbender. Thought I heard about this movie somewhere but completely forgot about it. Looking forward to watching it now
A football comedy written and directed by Taika Waititim starring Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss... I mean, what else can I ask for?
It's from a documentary. ruclips.net/video/OIeKkjJNM6A/видео.html
this looks funny as hell. And thank you for showing us that Dark skin Samoans actually exists, wbk. Apparently if you ask whoever is casting LILO AND STITCH they don't. A shame. Hope this one is a hit, thanks Taika.
Wtf does dark skinned Samoans have to do with anything ??...it must be an American thing because us Samoans don't look at other Samoans as darker or lighter...if you're Samoan you're Samoan period...don't bring that bs
The majority of us (Samoans) are dark lol
Yeah we're usually dark skinned from working in the sun until they move to the United States don't work outside as much and get lighter
As a Polynesian. I can’t wait to see this.
Good new Michael Fassbender is back
I tought about him not longtime ago
Miss him so much
Looks perfectly delightful with a lot of heart! Taika is a genius!
I highly recommend the documentary of the same name that this is based on. Incredible story
Wrexham opening the doors for football related movies 🤩 thank you Rob and Ryan
I hope people finally shut up about Taika being a bad director after this
who said he was
His had ONE flop with Love and Thunder 😂😂😂😂 this looks great
Even the trailer is screaming taika waititi lol i love this man
Outside of Love and Thunder, Taiki Waitiki can do no wrong. One of the greatets filmmakers alive today and one of the greatest ever period.
The shame is, Love and Thunder just needed a few tweeks. I wish he had approached it the way he did Ragnarok... but he let the comedy get ahead of the story in Love and Thunder.
@@UncleMilo I don't know if that script could a been saved. So much of the comedy was a total misfire and I don't care if it is comic accurate or not, having the Greek/roman mythological figures also be intergalactic super-beings like norse mythological ones is a bit much, that shit was TOO goofball, def woulda helped the movie if more focus and development was provided to the villain though, damn shame they wasted a talent like bale
Yes, he can. Ragnajoke was trash, too.
@@UncleMilo Thor: Dumb and Dumber needed one tweak: to never be released. That movie was unsalvagable, what are you talking about. It's worse than Batman & Robin.
@@antona.1327 nah Ragnarok wqs fantastic
This looks so Awesome!! I need feelgood films like this in my life now days ♥️ Thanks Creators. Im going to see this ♥️♥️♥️♥️
It's weird how he made one movie people didn't respond to and everyone has been down his throat about him as a creative (when said movie was certainly his most studio-input-heavy work). That's a convo people can have if this sucks, but I rly don't reckon it will, looks great
0.37 me: pretending that is not something I would probably do 😂
You show me Michael Fassbender, then I'm invested. Ridiculously talented actor.
Michael fassbender and waititi’s new movie🤩🤩 can’t wait 🥳🤟🏼
The documentary was awesome! Looking forward to the adaptation!
Fassbender in a comedy?!!! What a comeback! Killer was amazing! Can't wait to see his new projects
Fassbender is always watchable.
Been waiting for this for a long time
I could tell Michael fassbender by the thumbnail…I’m all in ❤