Baggio: Das göttliche Zöpfchen

I think the movie has its quality, but lets be honest here they left out something very important. We know baggio went back to the 1998 france worldcup, and there he fabricated, very cleverly, his own penalty, and scored, that was his redemption. That should have been the ending.

Good film, but just good. It seems Italians struggle when making biopics. They only get half good, just like this.

Baggio is a national hero, and known all over the world, and he had deserved a better film. Actors are doing OK, but the story too poetic. Too clicheed.

I honestly expected more. Not that I did not enjoy it. Fans enjoy watching anything about Baggio but that is a very low bar for a movie. Considering that Baggio has a deep character and a rich and eventful life story, personal and professional, it should not have been so difficult to write a screenplay that can truly portray who the legend is and why he is so loved around the globe even seventeen years after his last match. Unfortunately movie has missed that opportunity. It is still entertaining and nostalgic for Baggio's fans, but by missing lots of important details of his professional life (e.g. Two world cups and four football clubs), I doubt if this movie has anything valuable for those who do not know Baggio. They will not learn anything coherent about Baggio's career or personal life. Even if it meant to be about Baggio's sufferings it has missed the opportunity to be a true inspiring movie. I am asking myself over and over when a non-fan watches this movie can he/she understand why Baggio is so much loved and why people find him so inspiring? And why he is seen as the finest of Italy's football? What people who do not know Baggio will learn about him watching this movie? Except pronouncing his last name wrong, if they watch the English dubbing version of the movie. The original song (Il'uomo dietro il campione) was beautiful and touching and brought tears to my eyes at the end of the movie. Arcangeli did a great job as Baggio.

A highly ambitious film that scrapes a pass mark thanks largely to its beautiful cinematography and use of vivid colour. Arcangeli is so spookily similar to Baggio that the transitions between new and old footage are almost seamless. Unfortunately the story of Baggio's remarkable career is simply not told completely or coherently. It's fine for a football addict like myself but for anyone else it would be impossible to get a grasp on just how good Baggio was and how his life and career played out.

This movie has no pathos, no sense of scale. The reenactment of the world cup games are not believable for one second. They feel like they are playing a backyard game, not the world cup. There is no buildup. Actors are ok, especially the father who is the most charismatic, but in general I was disappointed by the sense of small-scale this movie has. Also no mention of Juventus in an entire movie about the life of Baggio? Too many important part skipped or played underwelmingly in a counterclimatic way and there is almost no sports or action, it's mostly introspective. This is not what Baggio lovers want. This is not a high adrealine sports movie, it's a daddy issues family drama that nobody wanted. Please have this movie re-made by someone else who can rework the script. Is really a woman director a good idea for a movie about a football God? The movie should have been made by someone who really experienced those feelings in the 80s and 90s, I am not being sexist but just realist. The director was probably playing with dolls during those years and didn't care a thing about football.