The Beautiful Game

A football team from London travels to Rome to compete in the Homeless World Cup, an annual tournament for people without homes. The coach, Mal, recruits a skilled striker named Vinny to improve the team's chances of winning. While Mal manages the various challenges of the competition, Vinny must move past his previous failures and learn to work with his teammates to find a new purpose in his life.

This drama was directed by Thea Sharrock, following her work on Me Before You, The One and Only Ivan, and Wicked Little Letters. The film features Bill Nighy as Mal and Micheal Ward as Vinny, with a supporting cast that includes Valeria Golino, Susan Wokoma, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and Callum Scott Howells. The production was a collaboration between companies from the United Kingdom, Italy, and the United States, with a screenplay written by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

The movie received a moderate reception from viewers. It holds a rating of 6.3/10 on IMDb based on 8,800 votes and a matching score of 6.3/10 on TMDB from 187 votes.