Messi (2014 film)

2014 film

Lionel Messi
Andrés Iniesta
Gerard Piqué
Jorge Valdano
Johan Cruyff
César Luis Menotti
Jamal Mahdi Alhusseiny

Production
company

Mediapro

Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures

Release dates

27 August 2014 (2014-08-27) (Venice Film Festival)
1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)

Running time

93 minutesLanguages

Spanish
English (subtitles)

This article is part of a series about
Lionel Messi

Argentine professional footballer

Eponyms and public art

Cougar
Dog
Liolaemus messii
Sistine Chapel of Football

Media

Messi (2014)
Messi (2017)
Messi and Maud (2017)
Take the Ball Pass the Ball (2018)
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)

Family

Antonela Roccuzzo
Maxi Biancucchi
Emanuel Biancucchi

Related

Messi is a 2014 documentary film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. The film explores the rise of Argentine football player Lionel Messi who, at the time of the film's release, played for FC Barcelona.

Production

The film focuses on Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, from his youth in Rosario to becoming one of the world's greatest players at FC Barcelona,^[1] and features Jorge Valdano discussing the qualities of Messi with Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff and former Argentina manager César Luis Menotti.^[2] In making the film, Iglesia said he was influenced by Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose.^[3] The film was produced by Mediapro and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.^[4]

Reception

After the film's premiere during the Venice Film Festival in 2014, Andrew Barker of Variety wrote that "the film is well shot and very briskly edited" and praised the choice to include figures throughout Messi's career and to not include Messi himself, but complained that they "never interact in particularly interesting ways" and also highlighted the lack of insight into his character.^[5]

References

^ Hopewell, John (3 March 2014). "Mediapro Advances on De la Iglesia's 'Messi'". Variety. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ "New documentary on Lionel Messi's journey to the top screened in Brazil". The Score. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ Macnab, Geoffrey (17 September 2014). "Lionel Messi movie: How do you accurately portray the magic of the world's greatest footballer?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ Hopewell, John (1 August 2014). "Film Factory Takes Alex de la Iglesia's 'Messi'". Variety. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ Barker, Andrew (27 August 2014). "Venice Film Review: 'Messi'". Variety. Retrieved 9 December 2014.