Believe

2013 1h 34m EN

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6.1

MID

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30%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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5.7

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 40🥫30%Rotten Tomatoes●39Metacritic★5.7IMDB · 1,057

Drama

Synopsis

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A young, gifted soccer player who gets into trouble for a petty crime is brought to the attention of former Manchester United coach Matt Busby, who comes out of retirement to help the boy and his teammates.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Natascha McElhone
Erica Gallagher
Brian Cox
Matt Busby
Toby Stephens
Dr. Farquar
Kate Ashfield
Helen
Anne Reid
Jean Busby
Philip Jackson
Bob
Richard Strange
Father Brian
Jack Smith
Georgie Gallagher

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Scheinmann
Writers: Carmelo Pennisi, Massimiliano Durante, David Scheinmann
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 5% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Scheinmann, shot by Gary Shaw. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christian Henson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Julian Rodd shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Natascha McElhone and Brian Cox and Toby Stephens carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2009606 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Scheinmann directs. Gary Shaw behind the camera. Christian Henson scores. Julian Rodd cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 5% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Directed by David Scheinmann, shot by Gary Shaw. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Christian Henson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julian Rodd shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Natascha McElhone and Brian Cox and Toby Stephens carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2009606 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gary Shaw
Original score: Christian Henson
Editing: Julian Rodd
Makeup / hair: Jemma Carballo
Sound: André Jacquemin
Stunt coordinator: Dave Judge
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $284,000
Return: 5% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Believe (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes: 30% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 39/100
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 1,057 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Also by

David Scheinmann

Trailers & featurettes

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Community reviews

What people are saying

John Chard2015-05-15
★ 6/10
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for. Believe is a British football movie that finds the legendary Sir Matt Busby (Brian Cox) coaching a kids 7 a side football team. Matt Busby was the manager of Manchester United Football Club, who lost their team of starlets (known as The Busby Babes) to the Munich air crash of 1958. Busby would then go on to rebuild the team and make them into a world force, one that still exists today. Here he is in long retirement exile, but still moulding young football minds. It's based on true events. We have a heavy dose of sentimentality on offer here, not just with the flashbacks to the tragic loss of The Busby Babes, but also to the working class kids of terrace housed Manchester. Of single parents trying to make ends meet, of kids with absent fathers erring on the wrong side of the law, education a dangled carrot just out of reach. However, the sentimentality is not cloying, it's well handled and performed, but the pic never gets to uplift status. It has some good laughs in the mix, usually when Toby Stephens' pompous school tutor is on screen, while the ultimate conclusion - even though it's what we expect - warms the cockles, but it never branches out to be more than just a family film for kiddies who like football, or for Manchester folk eager for anything involving Sir Matt Busby. It makes for a decent "B" movie support to There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, though not nearly as good as that film. Cox, Stephens and the tender Busby Babes sequences (very Field of Dreams) make it worth a watch, but it should have been smarter and better. 6/10

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