Soccer Dog 2: championnat d'Europe

... for this utter rubbish, as someone else aptly put it. So sorry. The only reason I gave it a two is because the dog is fairly cute and shouldn't be judged harshly for appearing in this abomination. As a soccer playing American with Scottish friends I know both a) soccer, and b) Scots, and it's obvious the makers of this "film for (very slow) children" had no clue about either, nor about casting, nor about writing, nor about film production. It's a real dog. Makes the Air Bud movies look like Orson Welles - those films were fairly bad too but at least they had a structure, and didn't rely as much on stereotypes.

Spare your kids this one.

Give this the swerve, American dross at its finest. Shot in a fictitious Scottish town in California. The special effects, story and cinematography are appalling. The actors are plastic and the only good thing about this film is that it does end. This sort of production takes me back to when VHS videos first came out and companies sneaked titles passed the unsuspecting viewer by dollying up the jacket details. I never normally get a film unless I've seen a few reviews or had a recommendation but with the kids tugging at my shirt and a cursory glance at "Scottish" and "Soccer" I was duped.

Seriously folks this has to go in the worst 100 bin just next to Wimbledon :O)

I have never seen a more stereotypical movie towards Scottish people in my life.

Firstly the "attempted" accents put on by the cast members is atrocious. Why make a movie set in Scotland and not have a single Scottish actor? Why is everyone wearing kilts? No one in Scotland wears kilts! unless at weddings etc NOT TO FOOTBALL GAMES!! And also there isn't a guy going around selling haggis... we do eat normal food BTW!! And even at that the HAGGIS! What the woman was eating looked nothing like haggis.. more like some kind of mashed potato goop. I think the director should try to know a little about something before involving it in the movie, instead of just assuming what a typical Scottish person looks or sounds like or the food they eat.

Finally I am confused to the name of the movie.. Why is it European Cup? Europe is a big place... would it not make more sense to call it Scottish? And cup? I didn't see any cup. I saw a poorly constructed game of football with a referee very biased towards the "good guys" ( i mean did you not see the guy head butt the other one? a sure red card and 5 match ban no? or do you Americans play the game differently?).

I'm not even going to start on the dog.

i watched this movie a few hours ago and i thought it was awful. whats up with the stupid cgi soccer ball, the plot was stupid and it was so predictable so if your planing on seeing this movie Don't! IT WAS BAD i feel bad for the actors because involved because they din't do anything wrong to deserve this.id rather kiss a toilet seat then watch this peace of crap what the heck were they thinking my god just to let you know i dint see this whole movie i watch 30 minutes and i din't see the ending but predicted that it would end like all the other cheasy sports movies end the worst team plays the best team and the bad teams wins but in this movie it happens to be because the dog is a super hero! the end

Directed by Sandy Tung (??), written by John E. Deaver who may or may not be a gynecologist in Richmond NY and starring Cockney geezer Nick Moran, what could be described as a steaming turd of a movie is in fact a brilliant spoof.

American kid goes to Scotland, befriends a stray mongrel and together they transform the fortunes of a local football team. Probably the greatest film commenting on the state of Scottish football that has ever been written.

I mean how can anyone take this film seriously. Take Nick Moran for example. Two reasons why he shouldn't have appeared in this film. 1)His Scottish accent is laughably poor and 2)He has the football skills that only an American could be impressed with.

Then there's the blatant stereotyping of Scots as haggis eating, kilt wearing, long haired, rotting teethed crap footballers. Now I've met a few Scots in my time and I can safely say that not all of them wear kilts.

Of course any film about Scotland worth it's salt needs to have some sort of battle against the English. So enter the Auld enemy on an open top double decker Routemaster bus that has driven all the way from London which is no doubt just 20 miles away in the eyes of your average American. And what would you call an English football team if you were an American director trying to provoke a reaction from English football fans with no sense of humour too? The London Bangers - Genius! Watch this film and enjoy. Laugh at the special effects of the dog dribbling the ball and cheer as Nick Moran makes a Christiano Ronaldo stepover look like he's hurdling a six foot fence.

Superb.