
In the small village where Amadeo lives there is no one good enough to challenge his skills at Table Football. But, while Amadeo may be a genius as a table football player in real life he's a loser. He's in love with Lara, his childhood friend, but he's so shy that he can't bring himself to confess his love for her. So he just hangs out in his quaint, timeless village. When Amadeo beats the village bully Flash at Table Football. The scene is set for an epic rivalry. Consumed ... (Full plot summary below)
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In the small village where Amadeo lives there is no one good enough to challenge his skills at Table Football. But, while Amadeo may be a genius as a table football player in real life he's a loser. He's in love with Lara, his childhood friend, but he's so shy that he can't bring himself to confess his love for her. So he just hangs out in his quaint, timeless village. When Amadeo beats the village bully Flash at Table Football. The scene is set for an epic rivalry. Consumed with anger Flash vows to get even and 10 years later he returns as an International Superstar, a Football Icon and Galatico determined to wreak his revenge. He demolishes the village to build a Football Academy. He destroys the table football table and takes away Amadeo's girl friend the lovely Lara in his chopper. Amadeo is distraught and when one of his tears falls on Skip the captain of the Table Football Players he comes to life and together with other key football players, Rico and Loco, they persuade Amadeo to fight back against the psychotic Flash and his manipulative henchman The Agent. When after a series of roller coaster adventures the two rivals finally face each other they must settle their old score. But this time it won't be on a football table; it will be in a real football stadium. Flash's team of International superstars line up against a village team recruited, with Lara's help, from the odd balls who live in the village. They may not be any good at football but they are playing for their livelihoods and the life of the village. In an epic mis-match in which Amadeo's honor and the future of the village are at stake. There seems to be only one possible winner. But this is football and anything can happen; not only will Amadeo and his village football team find a depth of commitment but, his beloved table football players share his passion, and together they make the impossible seem possible.
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| Total FilmTom DawsonImpressively designed throughout, The Unbeatables also keeps the laughs kicking. |
| EmpireIan FreerThe players are a colourful bunch, the film referencing is smart, the football satire sharp and there are delightful moments of visual imagination in the appealing animation. |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara ShulgasserFormulaic football drama has positive messages, no surprises |
| The GuardianMike McCahillPing-ponging camera moves temporarily distract from the haphazard structuring and translation. |
| Time Out LondonGuy LodgeKids still experiencing World Cup withdrawal symptoms may be entertained by this animated oddity from Argentina. |
| CineVueJamie NeishThere's an element of magic here, and it's safe to say that a certain degree of disbelief needs to be suspended, but even children may suffer to get much out of this foreign signing. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloUnderdogs isn’t painful to sit through—the silver lining to well-worn clichés is their comforting coziness—but its antipathy to risk, even if that only meant straying momentarily from the path of least resistance, is more dispiriting than outright awfulness would be. |
| The TelegraphRobbie CollinIn a memorably bad summer for children’s films, this, surely, is as low as things can sink. |
| User ReviewTodd Sit was a great movie. i saw in on netflix and jumped right into my top 5 sports movies of all time behind, "remember the titans" "miracle" and the "blind side" |
| User ReviewJim LI'm a football fan, and I thought I was going to be seeing a standard feel-good come-from-behind story. I certainly wasn't disappointed in that respect - the sports action had me on the edge of my seat - but interwoven were two other moving stories, one about young love, the other about an inventor who fights back against the tyranny of a big corporation. Put it all together and it's a must-see. |