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Hollywood-tähdet Ryan Reynolds ja Rob McElhenney yrittävät ostaa maailman kolmanneksi vanhimman ammattitason jalkapalloseuran, jonka kotisija on Walesin pohjoisosassa Yhdistyneessä kuningaskunnassa sijaitseva Wrexham-niminen työväenluokkainen kaupunki. (Disney+)
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It can't decide whether it wants to be a sociological probe à la Dycky Sunderland or a docu-series with a "how two clueless Yanks get to know the uncompromising world of lower-division football management" angle, while realising that they don't make money in football and are purely in the role of sugar daddies with marketable faces. But it’s too forced, it feels cynical, that they went into it for the documentary rather than for their proclaimed altruistic reasons. Add to that a straddling concept where one scene deals with how a guy's life sucks (his job sucks, his partner left him, his small-town prospects are nil, all he has left is the club), only to be followed by a scene where Reynolds does the obligatory funny thing. One moment you're dealing with a fan's cancer, the next you're dealing with the issue of "how fans have been screwed over by previous managements", and then it's on to like TV sports news where the duo of owners make (un)funny quips. It doesn’t feel like a whole. The more interesting sociological aspect doesn't get the necessary space, the behind-the-scenes part doesn't go deep under the hood of the club's management, if at all (and it's a pity, the story around finances, ownership rights, contract negotiations it's SO rewarding). It's rather about those two, who (logically) only have it as an appendage to many other investment activities or don't have much to offer as subjects of documentary interest. It's not bad, not really (the episodes are short and snappy), especially when the plans fall apart under their hands, but it's too much in the shadow of many other sports docuseries in concept, delivery and moving outside the sports box. | S1: 3/5 |
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