La sainte équipe

It sounded like it could be really cute & funny. When the characters are first introduced, you want to like them. Unfortunately, the characters are never really developed. Likewise, a situation, monks preparing for a big soccer tournament, that should be comedy gold never finds its comic touch. A likeable cast, a good premise, but failed execution.

It is short in duration, but is very fun and entertaining.

I'm an atheist who don't even like football and what did it for me was the religious references in the jokes.

Also, the nice portrayal and development of the characters. Yeah, you could see the ending from the start, but it was still moving.

The acting and production is good enough, but the film is let down by an incredibly derivative, formulaic script. There's not an original idea in the whole movie. Trope after trope after trope.

After getting into serious trouble while working as a missionary in Africa, an unconventional Roman Catholic priest named "Father Salva" (Alain Hernandez) is subsequently sent to a small monastery in rural Spain to essentially keep him out of trouble. As it so happens, this particular monastery is headed by a man named "Father Munilla" (Karra Elejalde) who prefers to run things in a simple and orderly manner. Unfortunately, things become quite complicated for Father Munilla when he is informed by his superiors that the monastery--which he has devoted his entire life--is being sold to a real estate developer who intends to convert it into a resort hotel. So with no other options he reluctantly turns to the one person who seems to have a solution--Father Salva. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, even though the plot was somewhat predictable, it was still relatively unique in its own special way. To be sure, it wasn't a great comedy by any means. But it had enough humor to keep things entertaining to a certain degree and for that reason I have rated it as just slightly below average.