Believe **
Dir: David Scheinmann. With: Brian Cox, Natascha
McElhone, Toby Stephens. 96 mins. Cert: PG
Just when we thought
Man United’s stock couldn’t fall any lower, here’s an often cringeworthy
“inspired by true events” supposition that sees the retired Matt Busby (Brian
Cox) coaching the blond moppet who stole his wallet to Under-12s glory. Early
80s pointers (Musical Youth, the miners’ strike) are trowelled onto an
insistently formulaic plot: the schools cup final coincides with not just a
major exam but Busby’s birthday to boot. Cox’s guardedly avuncular turn might
have sustained a more rigorous endeavour, but the attempt to evoke the trauma
of the Munich air disaster is rendered wholly insupportable by the trifling
hooey around it.
Believe opens in selected cinemas, and is available on demand, from today.
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