Inspired by football's Homeless World Cup (an actual event since 2001) Brit sporting drama "The Beautiful Game" SHOULDA been a gem, but experienced director Thea Sharrock, writer Frank Cottrell Boyce & editor Fernando Stutz all ruined it. Team gaffer Bill Nighy convinces down-on-his-luck one-time promising prospect Micheal Ward to play for England at the event in Rome with less talented players like Callum Scott Howells (good)... to teach him humility, camaraderie & self-worth? Bogged with too many side-stories, inconsistencies & annoying gaffs (an SF played before a QF?!) the potential inspiration is lost in an over-long (2hr+) mess. A disappointing turd. Flush it.