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(1 - 11) of 11 OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten Page   1   2.5/5 "drags and drags, almost entirely absent of tension"   Filmcritic.com   Blake French B+ "As a dissertation on suppressed male aggression, it’s a compelling movie. As entertainment, it’s visceral but mildly unfulfilling."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3/4 "German kickboxer-turned-director Lexi Alexander's brutal, unsparing portrait of disaffected youth running rampant amid the football stands and terraces of jolly old England."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth B "It's a visceral, macho film, and if the message seems to be that violence IS the answer, it's hard to resist the grimy, eloquent way that the point is made."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "Goes soft and mushy in personal terms even as it ratchets up the violence and decibel level."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Football-and-fighting drama shows Elijah Wood in a new light -- and marks the debut of a major talent."   Netflix   James Rocchi 1/5 "A colossal misstep at every turn; the sort of film bound to appeal more to one who knows not a thing about football and the UK than one with even the slightest knowledge."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi '2' "Hooligans truly is an ode to the punch, a love letter to the stomp, an embrace of the head butt."   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 3.5/5 "Authenticity lends a sharp edge to what would otherwise be yet another gritty drama about British yob culture."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4.5/5 "Works resoundingly well as a spotlight onto another country's sports-obsessed culture, plus it's just a damn well-made piece of storytelling, period."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg C- "... a mess of romanticized notions of street honor and camaraderie in combat, pushed into hollow melodrama..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker  (1 - 11) of 11 OFCS Rating: 55% Rotten Page   1