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| Mike Bassett: England Manager [2001] | ![Mike Bassett: England Manager [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JZD4DZECL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Philip Jackson, Phill Jupitus
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4497
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 89 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017239191169
ASIN: B00005V8V9
Release Date: March 25, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The latest in the ubiquitous mockumentary genre, IMike Bassett: England Manager/I follows the eponymous hapless head-honcho of the England Squad through the build-up to the World Cup. Ricky Tomlinson is Bassett, once again donning the sheepskin coat of the nation's favourite working-class northern underdog (IRiff Raff/I, IThe Royle Family/I). Plucked from obscurity and literally out of his league Bassett is the last choice for the unwanted job of England Manager. He's also hamstrung by a team of misfits, clearly modelled on well-known England players, including a violent psychopath who's more interested in breaking limbs than breaking away with the ball and a blubbing Geordie team-joker. Bassett and his team of allsorts are further hampered by drunken arrests, forgotten balls and Brazilian girls turning out to be boys.p Though primarily a vehicle for Tomlinson, there's the usual smattering of ILock Stock/I faces and cameo appearances here: Phill Jupitus underacts a jaundiced sports hack; Keith Allen sends himself up as a new-lad celeb leading the team through the their awful World Cup song; and Atomic Kitten are, well, Atomic Kitten. Fart jokes and swearing provide plenty of beer-belly laughs, and the IHenry V/I "once more unto the breach, dear friends"-style attack on the fickle back-stabbing English press proves unexpectedly poignant. Throw in a trendy soundtrack featuring Robbie Williams and Artful Dodger, and we have a cup-winner. It may be episodic, patchy and xenophobic in places, but football fans, or anyone who can take the odd high tackle, will enjoy this bittersweet taste of flawed glory leavened by British humour at its self-deprecating best. --IPaul Eisinger/I
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 The Beautiful Game Made Funny May 31, 2008
Ricky Tomlinson is superb as the lower-league manager who steps up to the big time of International coaching in this brilliant and totally underrated gem.br /br /The premise is simple; no one wants to manage the English national side (suffering a run of poor form) and the Football Association turn to the only English manager with experience who wants the job; Bassett.br /br /While this is Tomlinson's show all the way, he is nearly upstaged by Dean Lennox Kelly (playing alcoholic, womanising, Geordie striker Kevin Tonkinson) who gets so many classic lines and moments, he really gives Tomlinson a run for his money.br /br /The satire of the world of football and how it is run is spot on and cuts like a razor, while the serious, dead-pan tones of Martin Bashir as the Narrator/Interviewer lend a comical edge as he maintains a facade of professionalism amongst the chaos around him.br /br /With special features on the DVD including hilarious outtakes, the trailer and documentary, this is well worth a look for anyone who loves football. And for those who might love it a bit too much.
 4-4 ****ing 2! October 20, 2007
This is filmed in the usual way that British films with the same cast (think Lock Stock, Mean Machine etc) documentary style, and relies heavily on Ricky Tomlinson doing his thing to get across the comedy. The film is quite mocking of both the football and the way we take football so seriously, but viewers will enjoy the hard-work underdog ethos that runs through the film as Bassett tries in vain to overcome the natural British sporting achievement of not winning. br /br /Good, but not great. This was a low budget film that looks it.
Its English, and I love it! August 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mike Bassett : England Manager is a great film to kick-start your summer with. The combination of comedy and a great storyline is brilliant, mixed with what we expect from Ricky Tomlinson and thats great acting. It is a film to wipe away those holiday blues when England have once again failed in the World Cup or Euro. It can make you see the funny, and dreary sides of being with the England squad. Ricky Tomlinson's team have facial characteristics form past england players, including a David Seaman look-a-like and two brother players, presumably based upon the Neville brothers. The team have their highs and lows during the World Cup they are competing in, but Bassett never gives up, and takes his team to further than they expect.. Martin Bashir does a simple yet effective 'documentation' to the entire film, as that is how it is filmed - Englands road to the World Cup. The acting from the England players is good, Ricky Tomlinson shows how he can act both emotionally and humorously. The music in the film is also great and sets the tones for the time of year, with a good song to end the film form Robbie Williams. Laughs, laughs and.. more? Definitely!
Hilarious - I could watch it again and again! March 29, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic film. It is done in an original style - sort of like a documentary. The film follows the new England Manager, Mike Bassett, around during the build up to and the actual World Cup. He faces a disastrous beginning to the World Cup campaign and ends up struggling emotionally with being the England Manager. However, he eventually pulls through which gives more license for the film to lighten up and it develops into a must-see crude comedy.brDefinitely one to buy - I loved it!!!
 Dated, but still funny! January 16, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Loosely based on the England team in 2000 (including Gazza), this film allows Ricky Tomlinson the opportunity to excel! It is filmed in the form of a documentary on how Mike Bassett has the misfortune to take on the England job and the film follows his trials and tribulations - with loads of laughs along the way! If you are into footie (or not, which is the case with my other half), it is still funny.
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