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      • As such, what makes writer-directors Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s Pele: Birth of a Legend so profoundly disappointing isn’t so much its embrace of the usual sports-movie clichés, among them the endless platitudes masquerading as wisdom, than its conspicuous absence of joy.
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  3. www.slantmagazine.com › film › pele-birth-of-a-legendReview: Pele: Birth of a Legend - Slant Magazine

    Apr 25, 2016 · As such, what makes writer-directors Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s Pele: Birth of a Legend so profoundly disappointing isn’t so much its embrace of the usual sports-movie clichés, among them the endless platitudes masquerading as wisdom, than its conspicuous absence of joy.

  4. www.rogerebert.com › pele-birth-of-a-legend-2016Pelé: Birth of a Legend movie review (2016) | Roger Ebert

    May 13, 2016 · It happens in ways that people are so used to that it might not occur to them, and for reasons that filmmakers will insist have to do with audiences’ actual preferences. Let’s take this film, a well-meaning and sometimes interesting effort written and directed by brothers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist .

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  6. www.thehindu.com › features › cinema'Pele: Birth of a Legend' : Death of a beautiful game - The Hindu

    May 12, 2016 · The most disappointing thing about Pele: Birth of a Legend is its failure to bring alive a fascinating story that has layers of historic, cultural and sporting significance.

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  7. www.whattowatch.com › movie-talk › pele-birth-legendPelé: Birth of a Legend | Film review - Biopic fails to hit ...

    Jan 14, 2018 · As its title suggests, sporting biopic Pelé: Birth of a Legend focuses on the Brazilian football legend's early life, covering the eight years that took him from scrappy slum kid in a São Paulo favela to 17-year-old star of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.

  8. variety.com › 2016 › filmFilm Review: ‘Pelé: Birth of a Legend’ - Variety

    Apr 29, 2016 · Popular on Variety. Pelé — born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the “Pelé” moniker was initially a schoolboy insult — grew up poor, and the film tracks his soccer-related favela adventures with...

  9. endante.com › pele-birth-of-a-legend-ending-explainedPelé: Birth of a Legend Ending Explained - Endante

    Sep 19, 2023 · As we reach the end of Pelé: Birth of a Legend, we see Pelé triumphantly lifting the World Cup trophy alongside his teammates. This moment represents not only his personal achievement but also symbolizes Brazil’s triumph over adversity.

  10. indianexpress.com › article › entertainmentPele: Birth of a Legend | Movie-review News - The Indian Express

    May 13, 2016 · Pele: Birth of a Legend, as the tagline suggests, is a biopic, celebrating the early life of one of the greatest footballers on the planet. Released in 2002, City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, has achieved cult status.