The Damned United (2009)

The Damned United: Directed by Tom Hooper. With Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington. The story of the controversial Brian Clough’s 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

“Having read the book, I did expect a darker film, however, it is not to the detriment of the film that it attempts to give the interpretation a u0026#39;feel good factor. Sheen is utterly brilliant as Clough and captures the ego, charisma and above all weakness of the man. The support cast are excellent, although Spall did struggle to look comfortable in a sporting film (Taylor was en ex goalie and poor Timu0026#39;s got 10 to 2 feet etc). There are a lot of factual inaccuracies, but it is based on a u0026#39;faction novelu0026#39; so one should not allow this to spoil a memorable film and if it does nothing else it does make you feel extremely nostalgic to this era.”