Green Street Hooligans (2005)

IMDb plot summary: A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Directed by Lexi Alexander. Stars Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, and Claire Forlani.

Green Street Hooligans stars Elijah Wood as a college dropout who visits his sister in England to try to get back on his feet. While there, he befriends her tough brother-in-law and his gang of soccer-obsessed friends. This is sort of a strange little bro-y movie that finds the joy and friendship in... group violence, I guess. There are some fun moments in here but it's neither as heartwarming nor as hard-hitting as it alternately tries to be. The whiplash between those two vibes is hard to navigate, and overall they sort of even each other out so there's just nothing notable about the film at all. Not worth checking out.

How it entered my Flickchart:

🎥 Green Street Hooligans (2005)

📊 Ranked #2187/4171 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 48

lost to The Sparks Brothers (held at #2088)

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