History YMMV / UnitedPassions

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy. ''The Guardian''[='s=] [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] even jokingly suggested that Uruguay's check to FIFA hadn't cleared when the script was written.

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride, as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy. ''The Guardian''[='s=] [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] even jokingly suggested that Uruguay's check to FIFA hadn't cleared when the script was written.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: A truly bizarre case of this. Tim Roth hated the film's efforts to deify the notoriously crooked Blatter as a figure of unimpeachable integrity and was only there for the paycheck so he played the role as Blatter being dishonest and corrupt, leading to him nailing the real man and his personality in a film intended to portray him in the exact opposite light as Roth is doing and feeling like he's making and entirely different and far more compelling film than the one he's actually in.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: A truly bizarre case of this. Tim Roth hated the film's efforts to deify the notoriously crooked Blatter as a figure of unimpeachable integrity and was only there for the paycheck so he played the role as Blatter being dishonest and corrupt, leading to him nailing the real man and his personality in a film intended to portray him in the exact opposite light as Roth is doing.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Creator/TimRoth's Sepp Blatter is in an obvious green screen clumsily handing a cup to [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Nelson Mandela]].

* {{Narm}}:
** The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride, as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy. ''The Guardian''[='s=] [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] even jokingly suggested that Uruguay's check to FIFA hadn't cleared when the script was written.
** In general, the attempt by the film to lionize sports executives, possibly the least interesting people in a sports movie, comes across more as silly than inspirational.

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride, as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy. ''The Guardian''[='s=] [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] even jokingly suggested that Uruguay's check to FIFA hadn't cleared when the script was written.

* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie was the unanimous bashing it got, particularly as it was released around the time of the FIFA corruption scandal. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused when it turned out to be a ''de facto'' private screening -- he was the only one in the theater, and the only one who ever attended a screening in Philadelphia.

* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie was the unanimous bashing it got, particularly as it was released around the time of the FIFA corruption scandal. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused when it turned out to be a de facto private screening -- he was the only one in the theater, and the only one who ever attended a screening in Philadelphia.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film is much more well known for releasing right around the FIFA corruption scandal and for its record breaking box office failure than any contents or merits of the movie itself.

* HilariousInHindsight: Though only in the most superficial way, since FIFA's rampant corruption was an open secret. In a more specific instance, Sepp Blatter's promise in the film that "the slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished" came across this way a few months after the film's release, when FIFA hit him with a suspension designed to take him out of action until a new president could be elected, and then followed it up with an ''eight-year'' suspension a few months after that.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many critics, including [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]], wondered why anybody would want to make a sports movie where '''the executives''' were the heroes instead of the atheletes, as well as being funded by FIFA, which was already notorious for its rampant corruption. The fact that it was released in the US when the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal hit didn't help either, and it [[BoxOfficeBomb failed to even make back even 1% of its budget]] ([[EpicFail or break $1000 in its US opening weekend]]).
* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie was the unanimous bashing it got, particularly as it was released around the time of the FIFA corruption scandal. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused when it turned out to be a private screening -- he was the only one in the theater, and the only one who ever attended a screening in Philadelphia.

* {{Narm}}:
** Jules Rimet is rightly regarded as one of the most important figures in footballing history, but the characters fawn over him to such a ridiculous extent that it verges on self-parody.
** The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride, as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy. ''The Guardian''[='s=] [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] even jokingly suggested that Uruguay's check to FIFA hadn't cleared when the script was written.
** The film's painful attempts to present Sepp Blatter [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade as a heroic character]] when his corruption was known by virtually everyone by the time of the film's release. The line "[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sepp Blatter]] is apparently good at finding money." is also particularly hilarious for all the wrong reasons.

* OvershadowedByControversy: The film is much more well known for releasing right around the FIFA corruption scandal and for it’s record breaking box office failure than any contents or merits of the movie itself.

* NeverLiveItDown: Released with possibly the worst timing of any film in recent memory as it came out at the height of the FIFA scandal, which led to its trampling at the box office. The film grossed $900 during its opening weekend (yes, as in only nine ''hundred'' dollars). Its universally toxic reception certainly didn't help.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many critics, including [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]], wondered why anybody would want to make a sports movie where '''the executives''' were the heroes instead of the atheletes, as well as being funded by FIFA, which was already notorious for its rampant corruption. The fact that it was released in the US when the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal hit didn't help either, and it [[BoxOfficeBomb failed to even make back 10% of its budget]].

* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie was the unanimous bashing it got, particularly as it was released around the time of the FIFA corruption scandal. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused that it turned out to be a private screening - he was the only one in the theater -- and the only one who ever attending a screening in Philadelphia by anyone, critic or no.

* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie was the unanimous bashing it got, particularly as it was released around the time of the FIFA corruption scandal. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused that it turned out to be a private screening - he was the only one in the theater.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many critics, including [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]], wondered why anybody would want to make a sports movie where '''the executives''' were the heroes instead of the atheletes, as well as being funded by FIFA, which was already notorious for its rampant corruption. The fact that it was released in the US when the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal hit didn't help either, and it [[BoxOfficeBomb failed to even make back its budget]].

** The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride, as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy. ''The Guardian'''s [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu review]] even jokingly suggested that Uruguay's check to FIFA hadn't cleared when the script was written.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Creator/TimRoth's Sepp Blatter is in an obvious green screen clumsily handing a cup to [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Nelson Mandela.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: More precisely, they somehow managed to waste ''two'' potentially good plots in the same film, namely the creation of the first World Cup, and the corruption that engulfed FIFA over the years. The former was widely agreed to be the best part of the film comparatively speaking, but still very clunkily written and far too short, and the latter is only shown in a ham-fisted attempt to depict how Sepp Blatter "cleaned up" the organization.

* AwardSnub: Inverted. It "won" the "Barry L. Bumstead Award" at ''The 36th UsefulNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s''.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many critics, including [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]], wondered why anybody would want to make a sports movie where '''the executives''' were the heroes, as well as being funded by FIFA, which was notorious for its rampant corruption. The fact that it was released in the US when the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal hit didn't help either, and it [[BoxOfficeBomb failed to even make back its budget]].

* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie is the unanimous bashing it gets, particularly as it was released around the time of the FIFA corruption scandal. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused that it turned out to be a private screening - he was the only one in the theater.
* HilariousInHindsight: Though in the most superficial way, since FIFA's rampant corruption was an open secret. In a more specific instance, Sepp Blatter's promise in the film that "the slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished" came across this way a few months after the film's release, when FIFA hit him with a suspension designed to take him out of action until a new president could be elected, and then followed it up with an ''eight-year'' suspension a few months after that.

** The film's painful attempts to present Sepp Blatter [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade as a heroic character]] when his corruption was known by virtually everyone by the time of the film's release. The line "[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sepp Blatter]] is apparently good at finding money." is also particularly hilarious for the wrong reasons.
* NeverLiveItDown: Released with possibly the worst timing of any film in recent memory as it came out at the height of the FIFA scandal, which led to its trampling at the box office. Its universally toxic reception certainly didn't help.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: More precisely, they somehow managed to waste ''two'' potentially good plots in the same film, namely the creation of the first World Cup, and the corruption that has engulfed FIFA over the years. The former was widely agreed to be the best part of the film comparatively speaking, but still very clunkily written and far too short, and the latter is only shown in a ham-fisted attempt to depict how Sepp Blatter cleaned up the organization.

* BileFascination: Pretty much the only reason that makes some people watch the movie is the unanimous bashing it gets. A Philadelphia film reviewer went to see it on a whim, and was amused that it turned out to be a private screening - he was the only one in the theater.

* NeverLiveItDown: Released with possibly the worst timing of any film in recent memory as it came out at the height of the FIFA scandal, which led to its trampling at the box office.

** The scene where Brazil loses the World Cup is totally ridiculous. It's the combination of the slow-motion shots of people crying, Rimet looking on in shock, and the announcer making a hilariously melodramatic speech about how Brazil has forever lost its pride, as if this is a DespairEventHorizon for the entire country. It's unclear why we're supposed to root for Brazil over Uruguay, and yet their loss is being painted as some horrific tragedy.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Many critics, including [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver John Oliver]], wondered why anybody would want to make a sports movie where '''the executives''' were the heroes, as well as being funded by FIFA. The fact that it was released in the US when the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal hit didn't help either, and it [[BoxOfficeBomb failed to even make back its budget]].

** The film's painful attempts to present Sepp Blatter [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade as a heroic character]] when his corruption was known by virtually everyone. The line "[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sepp Blatter]] is apparently good at finding money." is also particularly hilarious for the wrong reasons.