Underdogs (2013)

Original title

Metegol

Directed by

Juan J. Campanella

Genre

adventure film, children's film, association football film, romantic comedy film

Country

India, Argentina, United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 571 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small town's table football players come to life to help a young man win back his childhood love and save his village. The film is an animated adventure that blends comedy and romance with a football match.

whimsicallightheartedupbeatanimatedcomedicsports-themedromanticfamily-friendly

What happens

Metegol (Spanish for table football; also known in English as Underdogs in the United States, The Unbeatables in the United Kingdom and sometimes as Foosball) is a 2013 animated sports comedy film co-written, produced, directed and edited by Juan J. Campanella. The film is loosely based on the short story "Memorias de un wing derecho" ("Memoirs of a Right Winger") by Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa. Gaston Gorali, co-writer and producer of the film, and Eduardo Sacheri (who had previously worked with Campanella for the classic film The Secret in Their Eyes) developed the screenplay with Campanella. The film is an Argentine-Spanish production, and was released by Universal Pictures International Entertainment in Argentina on 18 July 2013, setting an all-time record for an Argentine film opening at the box-office. Costing $21 million, the film is the most expensive Argentine film of all time, and the most expensive Latin American animated feature ever. In the United Kingdom, Vertigo Films acquired the distribution rights and 369 Productions produced the first English-language version of the film. It was released in August 2014 under the title The Unbeatables. The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to distribute the film in North America. After various delays, including an August 2015 theatrical release that was scrapped last minute, the North American English-language version was released on DVD in July 2016. The film was available on Netflix in the United States in June 2016. The film received mixed reviews from critics. In the American version, the film features the voices of Ariana Grande, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Morrison, Eugenio Derbez, Taran Killam, Shawn Mendes, Katie Holmes, Brooklyn Beckham, Bobby Moynihan, Bella Thorne, John Leguizamo, and Mel Brooks. Whereas, the UK version features the voices of Rupert Grint, Ralf Little, Anthony Head, Rob Brydon, Peter Serafinowicz and Darren Boyd. A television show based on the film called Underdogs United was released on March 7, 2022, for the Latin version of Discovery Kids. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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