Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Gareth Crook A lot of the negative reviews of this film make me laugh. What were you expecting... MotD!?This is an amazing piece of work centred around an amazing player. The pacing, atmosphere and editing of this film is near perfection. Not to mention the sound design. The 90 minutes go by so fast, you'd better not blink.... which isn't really an option anyway, my eyes were fused to the screen.I was fortunate enough to see this film scored live by Mogwai at MIF (they scored the original release). The soundtrack alone is masterful, but marry to the two together and you've got a really great film... Live, it was something special.If you want interviews, back story etc. watch something else, this isn't for you. If you're after something different, something immersive, beautiful and mesmerising... Zidane will not disappoint.

karl_consiglio I must admit I liked the concept. I would have preferred it had he not known he was being filmed at the time but thats not important. Here we got a film documentation "art piece" portraying the football star of choice in a completely new way. The cameras shoot him and only him most of the time in close up throughout the entire duration of the film and only on rare occasion and with good reason does it choose not to on interval. Here we follow, at times surprisingly poetically his heart throughout the 2005 game of France vs Brazil, not that we actually see the game as much as Zidane's contribution, at times useful, other times vacant. I like how the director plays with sounds and effects in a manner that effects our emotions and expectations. However I do believe that this film could have been done equally effective on a lower budget. Well three cheers to Douglas Gordan.

Jakub Reich Despite being a football fan I found this movie terrible. At first I thought it might be interesting to watch just one football player during the whole match, but at the end I felt almost like having the longest ninety minutes behind me. My expectations haven't been met as i was awaiting more a documentary analysis of Zidane's skills then an unsuccessful attempt to create an artwork. Of course it is useful for every football fan, either active or passive, to have a chance to view moves, strategy or tackling of such a player from different point of view. But even in that way the contribution is not much bigger than one you could get by watching normal football match. Only two major differences could be found from sitting in front of TV - the technical quality of projection is fantastic and the same are the sound effects. At least using of high-tech NASA technology proved to be worth. I just couldn't help my self from stating, that this technology could have been used for much better purposes.I didn't mean to discourage anybody from watching this "movie", but I still recommend not to...:)

skarphayse I can see why people had the criticisms of this film.Reading the title, I think most people expected a clips compilation of his best goals, assists etc. not a moving piece of cinema.I think this was a brave and ultimately rewarding effort to examine the greatest footballer of our generation in a different way and to enable you to make up your own mind rather than a narrator explaining it for you.Darius Khondji's cinematography was mind blowing and any of the shots of the film could have made an amazing photo in it's own right. The sound design was phenomenal and if you have fifty pro logic speakers in your sitting room then you will feel the full force of the Bernabeu and Zidane in a way that watching a football match on television never could.The only thing I can finish with is to say this film must be watched. Mere words can't express the emotions that this film creates.Zidane: A 21st Century Legend.