Thirteen year old Jo is a smart thinker of a guy, and has a very vivid imagination, but is bothered by his fellow classmates, and is a rather hopeless soccer goalie. Still he tries to cope with this difficult time in life. He's doing the homework of the "bad guy" in his class, son of a rich salesman of caravans. Jo's mother is seeing dangers all around, being overprotective, and trying to hide her affair with the psychologist neighbor. Every kid in the street is trying to get hold of a football-card with the goalie of Liverpool. This is to kill for...—OJT
soccer, strong female lead, bully, strong female character, place name in title, city name in title, punctuation in title, apostrophe in title
The typical underdog story, where we go into the life and mind of 14 year old (or so) Jo. He has a vivid imagination and it's a nice trick to let us get lost in his thaughts. It's funny and a great feature. He is of course unpopular and has troubles with friends, parents but first and foremost girls.Nice flick for the younger audience with some great moments for the adult viewer as well.6.5 out of 10 football cards.
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