Anelka: L'Incompris

I'm not a big documentary fan as they are normally a bit boring. But this is certainly an exception for me. It reminds you that you have 1 life & if people disrespect you there is no need to stand for it. I forgot about the massive change & benefit Anelka's actions made for young French footballers. I appreciate during the documentary he "appears honest", not afraid to point out his own mistakes, behaviours & consequences of his actions. Top player who has earned more of my respect

The documentary tries to rehabilitate Nicolas Anelka by explaining successively: that he is a good father, that the ten or so tangles with his coaches are never his fault, that he does not have the appetite for profit despite his entourage who put pressure on the 15 clubs he went through. In the end, the documentary does not do good to his image, sporting and humanely. To convince you (spoiler) watch how he addresses his son who has just returned from soccer training, humiliating him.

In short: a biased documentary that is counterproductive if you want to save Anelka's image. Definitely a great player, sadly not a team player with stable mentality.

This reminds me of The Last Dance with Michael Jordan, while Jordan did achieve a lot of things. Anelka's greatest achievement will be his ability to create noises around him.

Coincidentally, I watched this right after I finished The Last Dance. Both documentaries covered successful athletes but there was also a lot of drama. Both men had similar personalities. I don't know how to put this, but when I watched MJ's story I saw a true team player. Whereas in this documentary I thought Anelka was a capricious athlete always clashing with his managers. I do get the part that he was unfairly treated for 2010 World Cup scandal, but overall I just thought some of his behavior was a bit too much for a team player.

Besides this, story line is a bit dull and superficial. Most of the documentary is like I did this and that. I didn't deserve this etc. There was nothing much about emotions of players in a team environment or some sort of a connection.

Everything set aside, I did enjoyed watching him play back in the day. I think this documentary doesn't make the cut for him. Also, if you haven't watched The Last Dance I strongly recommend it.

The documentary is solely about Anelka. I'm a soccer fan and i always wandered why he moved to different teams always and why he had short term contracts. The documentary only recommended for soccer fans , or people who want to kill time.

Why there wasn't any scenes from Turkey ? There was a quite short one It would have better to talk about the missed Turkish Super League title at last game while he was playing for Fenerbahce