Review: The Damned United

Being an ardent football fan is almost to the detriment of the viewer as this light and frothy retelling of Brian Clough's troubled time at Leeds United pays little to matters of chronology and fact, a decision that will probably annoy its core audience as the quickly realise the liberties and outright lies within.

Stripped of the darkness present throughout the book, the film feels simply like an excuse for Martin Sheen to wheel out another of his fantastic characterisations, but without seemingly any point to the story told, in the end it all feels a bit empty.