The lengths people will go to sing Sweet Caroline.
What it's about
At the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship final, thousands of rowdy English fans force their way into Wembley Stadium in hopes of a historic hometown win.
The take
The Euro 2020 finals was a cultural event, a celebration, a riot. This documentary perfectly captures the weight of the attack on Wembley, which it takes the time to characterize as like a holy ground being desecrated. But for the most part, the story spotlights the thousands of destructive drunks that needed to make it inside Wembley because of the magic in the air that day that you felt from every car on the road, every passenger on the train, every exploding glass bottle, and every bleeding individual. It’s got accounts from diehard English and Italian fans, Wembley security, and media personnel, which when put together, creates a fascinating stampede control documentary that also takes a sad turn post-game.
What stands out
No casualties. And God bless the cameramen, I guess.
Comments
Add a comment
Your name
Your comment
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
UP NEXT
More like this in
The Substance (2024)
Demi Moore swaps bodies in this standout chaotic body dysmorphia horror
8.0
Hail Satan? (2019)
Forget everything you think you know about the Satanic Temple
8.0
Incendies (2011)
Part melodrama, part war thriller, Incendies is gorgeous and heartbreaking from the first scene
9.9
Wind River (2017)
Sicario's screenwriter directs this story of murder in an Indigenous reserve
9.4
Wild Tales (2014)
Co-produced by Pedro Almodóvar, this tumultuous Argentine anthology film tests the limits of human sanity when pushed to the extremes – and will also test yours.
9.9
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Three women, three different times, yet much remains the same
7.0
Leave the World Behind (2023)
Shyamalan meets Black Mirror in this hugely entertaining, visually inventive apocalyptic thriller with a killer ending
8.2
Mommy (2014)
Aiming straight for the heart while punching you in the guts, Mommy is a crazy chamber piece about a widowed mother and her next-door neighbor bringing up a savage teenager
9.6
The Edge of Democracy (2019)
Mixing personal history with hardcore journalism, this is the story of Brazil's fragile democracy.
9.0
Sound of Metal (2020)
Riz Ahmed excels in this piercing drama about a musician losing his hearing.