Provided Chow survives being 'Miramaxed', you're looking at the next big Asian star to rise in the West.
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Shaolin Soccer (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 86
Fresh: 78
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus: The plot is utterly ridiculous, and the soccer in the movie is unlike any ever played anywhere on Earth, but watching Shaolin Soccer, you will probably find it impossible to care.
Theatrical Release: 12-11-2004
Synopsis: The action comedy SHAOLIN SOCCER has become the all-time most successful Hong Kong production ever--in part due to its eye-popping action, crazy special effects and wicked humor. The film has shattered box office figures throughout... [More]
Starring: Stephen Chow, Vicky Zhao Wei, Ng Man-Tat, Cecilia Cheung
Director: Stephen Chow
Reviews for Shaolin Soccer
Top Critic You could call it a guilty pleasure, but that would suggest you feel bad about enjoying yourself.
06/24/06
Top Critic A movie as empty-headed as your average Premier League player, but that doesn’t matter when the footie scenes are so fun and deliriously OTT.
04/01/06
Top Critic
The whole film is played with such an infectious sense of fun and at such a snappy pace that you can’t help being swept along by it.
11/13/04
Top Critic It so deliriously riffs on everything from The Bad News Bears and Jurassic Park to super heroes and break dancing that it's hard not to get caught up in the goofy fun.
06/03/08
None of this is meant to be taken seriously or even thought about. So just turn off your brain and enjoy the silliness.
05/27/05
No doubt there are sports pedants who will find themselves echoing the sentiments of one exasperated opponent as he exclaims "Please don't play like this! I really want to play soccer!" -- but everyone else will be too busy grinning...to care very much.
11/19/04
Até mesmo os efeitos visuais cartunescos se adequam ao tom de fantasia desta produção que, justamente por não se levar a sério, é surpreendentemente hilária.
10/25/04
A movie that rises to dizzying heights of silliness before soaring into the silly stratosphere, Shaolin Soccer is pure fun.
08/19/04
Over-the-top mugging defines the story of a ragtag soccer team that uses Shaolin kung fu to vanquish its foes on the field.
08/12/04
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