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Back of the Net (2019)

Back of the Net poster
Directed by
Louise Alston
Genre
children's film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 110 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A smart American girl named Cory accidentally ends up at a soccer academy instead of a science program. She must navigate the school and learn the sport over the semester.

lightheartedplayfulenergeticfeel-goodsports-orientedfish-out-of-waterupbeat

What happens

Back of the Net is a 2019 sports comedy film produced by The Steve Jaggi Company and distributed by Umbrella Entertainment. Directed by Louise Alston and written by Alison Spuck McNeeley and Casie Tabanou. The film stars Sofia Wylie, Christopher Kirby, Melissa Bonne, Trae Robin, Tiarnie Coupland, Kate Box, Yasmin Honeychurch, Gemma Chua-Tran and Raj Labade. The story follows a smart and brainy American girl named Cory, who seeks to spend her semester on a science research program before she accidentally gets on the wrong bus and ends up spending her semester at the Harold Soccer Academy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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