The Damned United (1:37)

This is an excellent football movie. For Americans, this means soccer. The Damned United is based on the real life experiences of Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor. Brian is a very successful soccer coach in England. He has the ability to take teams at the bottom and build them into champions. Brian has had set backs, he was hired the coach of the winning Leeds team but was "sacked" after forty four days. This movie takes a hard look at Clough's strengths and weaknesses, and the resulting  ups and his downs. All the actors are perfect for their parts, Michael Sheen is Brian, an ambitious egotist, Colm Meaney is the opposing coach that believes in playing dirty. Timothy Spall is the lovable and sensible assistant coach. I like sports movies and this is definitely my cup of tea. I definitely give this movie a green light.