Philip French 

Will – review

This woeful tale of an orphaned Liverpool fan's trip to Istanbul is proof that the worlds of football and film shouldn't really mix, writes Philip French
  
  

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Football orphan drama Will: 'a sentimental journey along a road paved with red cards'. Photograph: PR

Soccer has thrown up few films of value, and this picture by an American director and writer is among the worst. An 11-year-old Liverpool FC fanatic living in a Catholic orphanage is reunited with his football-crazy dad (Damian Lewis), who promises him a trip to see his team play in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul. Then Dad dies and the intrepid, now twice-orphaned kid sets out alone and, helped along the way by a former Bosnian soccer star, some Liverpool fans and Kenny Dalglish, achieves his ambition. It's a silly symphony of embarrassment, a sentimental journey along a road paved not with yellow bricks but red cards.

 

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