For starters, learning that this film only made 30,000 dollars at box office lowered my expectations a lot. However, after watching the film, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it. Venezuela is definitely a country that pretty much never crosses my mind, so after learning that the movie was taking place in Venezuela, I liked how I got an in depth idea of what the country is like. I also thought it was pretty cool how they nicknamed Daniel "Gato" or cat in Spanish. There were a lot of sad moments in the story however. The mom getting shot didn't affect me very much only because I felt like that was a key point in the movie that aided the progression of the plot throughout. I found it pretty sad how the entire time, the goalie was responsible for the death of Daniel and Julio's mother, but he didn't say it all and someone ended up dying because of it. I also found it sad how in the end, Daniel was shot dead after killing Max (the goalie) only because pretty much no one knew that Max killed his mom. The ending was also somewhat disappointing, but at the same time heartwarming. It was disappointing because Daniel was the one that died and that he couldn't play with his brother on Caracas FC. It was also somewhat upsetting how there was no proper justice in this film for anyone. This is a common trait in non- American films, there's never a happy ending. I found the ending heartwarming because I liked how Julio pushed through and ended up on Caracas FC most likely for his brother and his mother.
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