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- 20The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanEven without the current headlines, United Passions is a disgrace. It’s less a movie than preposterous self-hagiography, more appropriate for Scientology or the Rev Sun Myung Moon. As cinema it is excrement. As proof of corporate insanity it is a valuable case study.
- 20Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenUnited Passions, with its clashing, production partner-mandated Europudding of accents, fails to find a unifying voice.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckEven without the cloud of the recent disturbing developments, United Passions is a cringeworthy, self-aggrandizing affair that mainly benefits from its unintentional camp value.
- 0Village VoiceVillage VoiceAs propaganda, United Passions is as subtle as an anvil to the temple. As drama, it’s not merely ham-fisted, but pork-shouldered, bacon-wristed, and sausage-elbowed.
- 0New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartTedious, amateurish and hilariously ill-timed film.
- 0The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthEarning the opposite of its intended effect, United Passions makes you believe we have yet to witness the true depths of FIFA's ego and arrogance.
- 0The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe New York TimesDaniel M. GoldUnited Passions is one of the most unwatchable films in recent memory, a dishonest bit of corporate-suite sanitizing that’s no good even for laughs.
- 0The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasUnited Passions leaves no historical-drama cliché unexploited: the voiceover narration, the jumbled Europudding accents, the expository dialogue, the hasty compression of major world events, the thickly applied old-age makeup, the not remotely seamless mix of re-creations and archival footage. It’s all there, in support of FIFA’s lies.
- 0TheWrapTim AppeloTheWrapTim AppeloOne of those rare films so unfathomably ghastly you could write a better one while sitting through its interminable 110 minutes. I’d rather re-watch Elton John's "Gnomeo & Juliet" 110 times.