
Mexico 86
Taste attributes: comedyhistorydramahistoricalsportssimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition
"Not all goals are scored on the field."
Boxlist takeA stirring comedy-drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
When a last-minute chance to host the 1986 World Cup appears, a cunning Mexican bureaucrat, armed with nothing but guts and audacity, cons his way through FIFA to beat the United States, but in a country of power games, every victory has a price.
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Phototaxia Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
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