The film recounts the saga of Wales national football team to qualify for their first major tournament in 58 years, the UEFA Euro 2016. To get there they had to overcome huge obstacles including the suicide of their young and talented coach, Gary Speed.
The Guardian's film critic Gwilym Mumford, gave the film three out of five stars, stating: "At a time when Senna and OJ: Made in America are twisting the sports documentary into exciting new shapes, this is a fairly workaday affair, but in its brisk, cheerful telling it does a solid job of evoking the thrill of the Dragons’ unlikely run."[1] Stephen Carty from Radio Times gave it four out of five stars and wrote: "The team's remarkable journey is detailed in this enjoyable documentary, which captures the passion and spirit that the players demonstrated during the competition. As you might expect, it features footage from each of their matches, as well as reflective interviews with the players and the team's manager, Chris Coleman. These exchanges aren't particularly revealing (football interviews rarely are), but the team's story is inspiring, uplifting and infectious. Happily, the same can be said about the film."[2] Greg Cochrane writing for NME gave Don't Take Me Home four out of five stars.[3]Kate Muir from The Times disliked the film. She gave it only one out of five stars and wrote: "The publicity describes it as “the incredible true story of the Wales football team’s 2016 Euros success”, but Don't Take Me Home is more a compilation of interviews and match footage than a cinema documentary, and some of it is shot on wobbly upright iPhone. Fans of the Welsh underdogs that made good will enjoy reliving memories and Gareth Bale's goals, but there is little here for the general viewer."[4]
ReferencesEdit
^Mumford, Gwilym. "Don't Take Me Home review – inside story of Wales's Euro 2016 run". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^Carty, Stephen. "Don't Take Me Home". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^Cochrane, Greg. "'Don't Take Me Home' – Film Review". NME. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^Muir, Kate. "Don't Take Me Home". The Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
take, home, 2017, welsh, documentary, film, directed, jonny, owen, film, posterdirected, byjonny, owenstarringgareth, bale, chris, coleman, aaron, ramsey, gary, speed, ashley, williamsedited, byowen, daviesmusic, byian, neil, music, supervisor, productioncompa. Don t Take Me Home is a 2017 Welsh documentary film directed by Jonny Owen Don t Take Me HomeFilm PosterDirected byJonny OwenStarringGareth Bale Chris Coleman Aaron Ramsey Gary Speed Ashley WilliamsEdited byOwen DaviesMusic byIan Neil music supervisor ProductioncompaniesSpool FilmsBT Sport FilmsRelease date1 March 2017 2017 03 01 UK Running time86 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis EditThe film recounts the saga of Wales national football team to qualify for their first major tournament in 58 years the UEFA Euro 2016 To get there they had to overcome huge obstacles including the suicide of their young and talented coach Gary Speed Cast EditGareth Bale as Himself Chris Coleman as Himself Aaron Ramsey as Himself Gary Speed as Himself archive footage Ashley Williams as HimselfReception EditThe Guardian s film critic Gwilym Mumford gave the film three out of five stars stating At a time when Senna and OJ Made in America are twisting the sports documentary into exciting new shapes this is a fairly workaday affair but in its brisk cheerful telling it does a solid job of evoking the thrill of the Dragons unlikely run 1 Stephen Carty from Radio Times gave it four out of five stars and wrote The team s remarkable journey is detailed in this enjoyable documentary which captures the passion and spirit that the players demonstrated during the competition As you might expect it features footage from each of their matches as well as reflective interviews with the players and the team s manager Chris Coleman These exchanges aren t particularly revealing football interviews rarely are but the team s story is inspiring uplifting and infectious Happily the same can be said about the film 2 Greg Cochrane writing for NME gave Don t Take Me Home four out of five stars 3 Kate Muir from The Times disliked the film She gave it only one out of five stars and wrote The publicity describes it as the incredible true story of the Wales football team s 2016 Euros success but Don t Take Me Home is more a compilation of interviews and match footage than a cinema documentary and some of it is shot on wobbly upright iPhone Fans of the Welsh underdogs that made good will enjoy reliving memories and Gareth Bale s goals but there is little here for the general viewer 4 References Edit Mumford Gwilym Don t Take Me Home review inside story of Wales s Euro 2016 run The Guardian Retrieved 28 December 2017 Carty Stephen Don t Take Me Home Radio Times Retrieved 28 December 2017 Cochrane Greg Don t Take Me Home Film Review NME Retrieved 28 December 2017 Muir Kate Don t Take Me Home The Times Retrieved 28 December 2017 External links EditDon t Take Me Home at IMDb Don t Take Me Home at Rotten Tomatoes nbsp This article about a British documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don 27t Take Me Home amp oldid 1174945202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
