Soccer Days
Thirty-year-old Spanish friends revive their childhood football team in a comic attempt to win back purpose, confidence, and happiness.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- irreverent
- lazy sunday
- group movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The thirty-year-old friends recreate their childhood football team while confronting stagnant lives, marriages, and disappointments.
Antonio and his friends form a team hoping that winning football matches will change their unhappy circumstances.
The plot follows Antonio, Jorge, Serafín, Carlos, and their friends as interconnected personal problems unfold around the team.
The central team consists of thirty-year-old friends trying to recapture youthful football while living disappointing adult lives.
Films like Soccer Days, and why
The Full Monty
ensemble friendship comedy centered on adult losers seeking renewal through a shared sporting project
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
warm, awkward comedy about friendship, stalled adulthood, and finding purpose through group participation
Common Wealth
Spanish ensemble comedy blending romantic complications, male friendship, and everyday middle-class frustration
Movie Details
- Director
- David Serrano
- Release Date
- 2003-09-19
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (76)
Cast
- Ernesto Alterio
- Alberto San Juan
- Natalia Verbeke
- María Esteve
- Fernando Tejero
- Pere Ponce
- Nathalie Poza
- Secun de la Rosa
- Roberto Álamo
- Luis Bermejo
Common questions
- What is Soccer Days about?
- Thirty-year-old Spanish friends revive their childhood football team in a comic attempt to win back purpose, confidence, and happiness.
- What is Soccer Days like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Soccer Days as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Soccer Days violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Soccer Days.
- Which films are like Soccer Days?
- Films with a similar feel include The Full Monty, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Common Wealth.
- How long is Soccer Days?
- Soccer Days runs 113 minutes.
