Eleven Men Out
by Róbert I. Douglas
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Actor: Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Helgi Björnsson, Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir, Sigurður SkúlasonDirector: Róbert I. Douglas
Brand: GPI
Cinematographer: Magni Ágústsson
Writer: Róbert I. Douglas
Producer: Ingvar Þórðarson
Producer: Júlíus Kemp
Producer: Mike Downey
Producer: Sam Taylor
Producer: Zorana Piggott
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Icelandic (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: LIB00132
Studio: Here
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- The star player of Iceland s top soccer team causes controversy when he admits to being gay to his teammates. He soon finds himself ostracized by his team and decides to call it quits to join a small amateur league made up of gay men trying to play football in a straight, macho world of sports. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR Age: 858423001322 UPC: 858423
DVD Reviews of Eleven Men Out
DVD Review: Spectacular and Second-Rate
Summary: 3 Stars
You may want to see the special features about gay, American athletes before watching the film. See, the US has "Personal Best" and "Breaking the Waves" about athletes in individual sports, but this Icelandic film breaks new ground by focusing on team sports. Still, there is a wide golf between professional sports in the US and intramural stuff. I guess "leagues" are more popular in Europe and having a league player come out won't translate as much here. There are whole gay sports leagues in the US, whereas few athletes, of any sexual orientation, will ever make the professionals and get nationwide attention.
That being said, this film does touch upon so many important point. If one player comes out, how will his straight teammates respond? How will the opponents respond? Does having one out player make a team "gay"? Will it attract more openly gay players? Will straight fans disappear and will gay fans mitigate that loss?
As needed as this film is, it also felt rushed in so many areas. The athlete comes out for a dumb reason at the start of the film and does not calculate things in his head the way any reasonable, closeted person would do. He gets introduced to another gay athlete one second, and BOOM!, they are getting down with each other the next. The main character's son walks in on his father getting busy and any reasonable parent would have locked the door or their Spidey sense would have told them their child could show up. Of course, all of this is done to keep up the tension and conflict and get the ball rolling, but it is still highly unrealistic.
I saw this film using a certain red-envelope service. It said the film was in English with English subtitles; it is actually in Icelandic with English subtitles. (I heard that many Northern Europeans speak English, so the first scenario sounded plausible.) Obviously, there are cultural gaps here. The son is called "Maggi," which I later learned was short for "Magnus." However, "Maggi" sounds like a girl's name to my American ears. Think about Maggie Simpson, for example. One minor character seems to be into Black American hip-hop culture. He uses some slang and has African-American film posters on his wall. However, he wears a cowboy hat and many hip-hop B-boys would think of themselves as the antithesis of cowboys. As a side note, the main character and his ex-wife look WAY too young to be the parents of a teenaged boy.
The film fights the image of Iceland as homogenous by showing people of color. There's a Black, gay man on the team. (How many brothas live in Iceland!?) The film seems to be dedicated to a late, biracial male. The film tries to be bisexual-friendly by having the main character get with his ex. Like many a gay film, the straight characters often find romantic partners of their own, thus sending the tacit message that gays don't stop straights from getting lucky. On a possible PC note, one man is seen in a wheelchair using oxygen. Unfortunately, he says close to no lines, makes no movements, and thus his character may be static, in a problematic way.
The film does have a shower scene, for us horny viewers. Still, parents in Iceland must not get a certain procedure done for newborn sons that American parents usually choose, if you know what I mean!
Description of Eleven Men Out
The star player of Iceland?s top soccer team causes controversy when he admits to being gay to his teammates. He soon finds himself ostracized by his team and decides to call it quits to join a small amateur league made up of gay men trying to play football in a straight, macho world of sports.Bestsellers in DVD
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